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  2. Heat index - Wikipedia

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    A generalized view of the heat index showing how the perception of heat by the human body increases with temperature but more rapidly at higher humidity levels. The heat index of a given combination of temperature and humidity is defined as the dry-bulb temperature which would feel the same if the water vapor pressure were 1.6 kPa. Quoting ...

  3. List of weather records - Wikipedia

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    Highest heat index: In the observation above at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, the heat index ("feels like" temperature) was 81.1 °C (178.0 °F). [ 201 ] Highest temperature with 100% relative humidity : A temperature of 34 °C (93 °F) with 100% relative humidity in Jask , Iran , on 21 July 2012.

  4. Glossary of meteorology - Wikipedia

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    A meteorological index that posits the apparent temperature perceived by the average human being who is exposed to a given combination of air temperature and relative humidity in a shaded area. For example, when the air temperature is 32 °C (90 °F) with 70% relative humidity, the heat index is 41 °C (106 °F). heat lightning heat wave

  5. What does heat index mean and why is it important in ... - AOL

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    Rochester is entering its first heat wave of the summer, with an air temperature above 90 degrees expected for the next four days.. The heat index will be even higher, expected to exceed 95 ...

  6. How to measure heat correctly, according to scientists, and ...

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    In the sun, in the shade, on a rock, in a glade. For every different way there is to experience heat — in the sun, in the shade, on a rock, in a glade — there is a scientific debate about how ...

  7. Heat Index: 4 Things You Should Know About Work Relief and ...

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    Work Relief in an Increased Heat Index: 4 Key Takeaways. The human body, outside of light to regular physical activity, is not meant to overly exert itself in this kind of high humidity.

  8. PAGASA - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Filipino: Pangasiwaan ng Pilipinas sa Serbisyong Atmosperiko, Heopisiko at Astronomiko, [4] abbreviated as PAGASA, which means "hope" as in the Tagalog word pag-asa) is the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) agency of the Philippines mandated to provide protection against natural calamities ...

  9. Apparent temperature - Wikipedia

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    Instrument face indicating the value of the heat index at the intersection of its two hands (indicating temperature and relative humidity), with a chart showing windchill according to the temperature (indicated) and wind speed (acquired by some other method)