Saturday, November 7, 2009
- News and Weather for Western Massachusetts
More Common Weather Charts Stories
Wind Chill ChartShows the effect a cold breeze has on the body, making the air temperature feel even colder than it already is. Read more »
Heat Index ChartRepresents the adjustment to temperature from increased water content in the air. The new temperature would reflect the increased difficulty in keeping the body cool by indicating how hot it would similarly be if the air were dry. Read more »
Liquid Water/Snow Equivalent ChartShows the conversion between fallen rain and snow, if the snow were melted down into a liquid. Snowfall can accumulate many times more than rain from a similar amount of precipitation. Read more »
Beaufort Wind ScaleA chart to depict and name relative wind speeds, with a brief description of each from a sea-faring perspective. First developed in the early 1800s. Read more »
Hurricane Strength ScaleAlso known as the Saffir-Simpson Scale. A 5 - Category chart classifying hurricane strengths by their maximum sustained wind speeds. Any hurricane category 3 or higher is also known as a 'major hurricane. Read more »
Tornado Intensity ScaleFeatures the "Fujita Scale", first Developed by Theodore Fujita in 1971. It classifies tornadoes into multiple categories based on damage assessments to varying strength structures. Also includes the now-in-effect 'enhanced Fujita Scale'. Read more »
Weather CalculatorsEasy and quick online calculating temperature between Fahrenheit and Celsius, and for relative humidity using temperatures and dewpoints. Read more »
Pressure CalculatorHere is a pressure calculator. You can use it for any sort of pressures, but in meteorology, the most useful application is for conversions between the metric millibars and the US inches of mercury... Read more »
Ultraviolet IndexA detailed review of the National Weather Service's 'Ultraviolet Index' (a ten-point scale to depict potential harmful interaction with UV rays when out in sunlight. Read more » |
Weather
Current Temp
49.0 °F
Fair
Wind
:
South at 11.5 MPH (10 KT)
Humidity
:
42 %
Pressure
:
1020.6 mb
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