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Humidex

Index Humidex

The humidex (short for humidity index) is an index number used by Canadian meteorologists to describe how hot the weather feels to the average person, by combining the effect of heat and humidity. [1]

10 relations: Canada, Carman, Manitoba, Dew point, Dimensionless quantity, Heat index, Humidity, Meteorology, Relative humidity, Temperature, Wind chill.

Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Carman, Manitoba

Carman is a small agricultural town of about 3,000 people in the Pembina Valley Region of southern Manitoba.

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Dew point

The dew point is the temperature to which air must be cooled to become saturated with water vapor.

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Dimensionless quantity

In dimensional analysis, a dimensionless quantity is a quantity to which no physical dimension is assigned.

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Heat index

The heat index (HI) or humiture is an index that combines air temperature and relative humidity, in shaded areas, to posit a human-perceived equivalent temperature, as how hot it would feel if the humidity were some other value in the shade.

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Humidity

Humidity is the amount of water vapor present in the air.

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Meteorology

Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences which includes atmospheric chemistry and atmospheric physics, with a major focus on weather forecasting.

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Relative humidity

Relative humidity (RH) is the ratio of the partial pressure of water vapor to the equilibrium vapor pressure of water at a given temperature.

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Temperature

Temperature is a physical quantity expressing hot and cold.

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Wind chill

Wind-chill or windchill, (popularly wind chill factor) is the lowering of body temperature due to the passing-flow of lower-temperature air.

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Discomfort index.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidex

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