Across much of the world, hotter days are no longer arriving alone. The air itself is changing, sometimes turning from dry oven to steam bath, other times drying out even as thermometers climb. As ...
Whether a summer day is great or awful often comes down to the humidity.
That is because the dew point is a measure of how much water vapor is in the air and relative humidity is a measure of how much water vapor is in the air relative to how much water vapor could be in ...
These maps show different regions of the world overlaid with a range of heat stress data over the long term, between 1980 and 2019. (a) shows air temperature, (b) shows specific humidity, (c) shows ...
Meteorologist Ray Petelin joined the KDKA Weather Team in October 2018, but is no stranger to the weather in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. He has been forecasting in Pittsburgh since 2011 and ...
Every year, about a billion people worldwide contract influenza, leading to as many as 650,000 deaths. Outbreaks are often seasonal, and their pattern varies by climatic zone. In temperate regions, ...
Trey Fulbright is the newest meteorologist on the KDKA First Alert Weather Team. In addition to seeing his forecasts on air, he also does weather and climate reporting. Trey comes to KDKA from Des ...