Dew point forecasts help you prepare for Md. humidity
FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:
Regular readers of our print weather page may have noticed a change in how we report humidity levels. Until recently, we reported the relative humidity percentages recorded for the previous day. But, as readers pointed out, those don’t tell readers how sticky it will feel during the day ahead. So now we’re posting dew point forecasts. A dew point above 65 degrees begins to feel humid. But when it tops 70 you can prepare for a really steamy Chesapeake summer day.
Posted by Frank Roylance at 12:01 AM | Permalink
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Categories: From the Sun's print edition, Notes to readers
Categories: From the Sun's print edition, Notes to readers
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Great change! You have lived here too long, though. Many people would rate any dewpoint in the 60's as uncomfortable, although 70's are certainly tropical.
FR: You do learn to adjust to this place. We are going to let the explanatory lines below the dew point forecast run for a couple of weeks, so readers will understand the numbers. But then I'd like to bring back the barometer readings, which we dropped to make room for the explanation. Readers? Does anyone find barometer readings useful?
Posted by: Jim | June 2, 2011 11:12 AM
Yay for dew point listings. I knew I could open the windows today by reading the paper -- it may be in the 80s now, but it's much more comfortable than a couple of nights ago when temps were in the 70s but the dew points were high.
I think barometer readings are helpful too. I notice that you have wave heights listed under "Waterways" and under "Wave Heights" -- maybe by eliminating the redundancy you could squeeze in space for barometer info.
At any rate, the dew point listing is great. You might be able to condense things there a bit by color coding the dew point number similar to the way you color code Air Quality and pollen.
Posted by: Thai Chicken | June 2, 2011 2:24 PM