NORFOLK, Va. — The old saying goes “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity!” And while that may be true, it’s only half of the story. It’s the “dew point” that really matters. But what is the dew point?

MIKE MOSS SAYS: Joe, Dew will not form if the temperature of the ground, grass, tops of cars, etc does not fall to equal the dew point. This can occur if the air is very dry so that it simply does not ...

Proper attire for cold-weather observing is crucial, emphasizing layered clothing, insulated footwear, head coverings, and hand/foot warmers to mitigate heat loss. Preventing and addressing dew ...

There are two main types of fog, and the Northwest gets both varieties. And they both are directly related to the dew point. The dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes 100% saturated.

A trick I learned from a World War II-era Army-trained aviator was to look for rainbows appearing around the taxiway lights ...

As we head into the summer months when we start to show you the Muggy Meter more often, it's helpful to discuss what feels humid and what feels nice. We have set up our Muggy Meter to show you dew ...

A grooved surface that collects water by encouraging large dew droplets to form rapidly and then trickle away has been created by Pierre-Brice Bintein and colleagues at the Superior School of ...

John asks why meteorologists are concerned with dew point. The dew point is the temperature at which water vapor condenses into liquid water. If the liquid water condenses onto objects (grass, autos, ...

A question has come up with respect to the old saying which states there was a fall of dew overnight. So, does dew really fall? We think of wet grass as something which comes from falling rain. Rain ...

Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore once wrote, "Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf." Now, a new study is finally offering an explanation for why small ...