How to Use relative humidity in a Sentence

relative humidity

noun
  • Winds will be gusty, up to 35 mph and the relative humidity will drop to as low as 6%.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 9 July 2022
  • Due to the winds and the low relative humidity, the area is at a high level of fire risk, per the weather service.
    Andrea Morabito, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The relative humidity is down to 5% and wind gusts to near 50 mph are expected in the area.
    Max Golembo, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2021
  • At the same time, the relative humidity will fall to the 15 percent to 25 percent range in many areas.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
  • At the same time, the relative humidity inland will drop to the 10 percent to 15 percent range.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2020
  • That’s because if the air over the desert of the Great Basin becomes warmer, its relative humidity will decrease.
    Henry Fountain, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2017
  • As the air warms, its relative humidity drops, sometimes to less than 20% or even less than 10%.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Evenings will still feel muggy and hot due to the high relative humidity.
    Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2022
  • The relative humidity level has been in the low teens to sometimes down in the single digits.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 July 2024
  • The risk of fire will be further raised by the relative humidity, which will drop to 15 percent inland.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2023
  • CalFire says a red flag warning was in effect for the area, with 10 to 20 mph winds coming in from the north and low relative humidity.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 June 2024
  • Low relative humidity for the area is also playing a role in the wildfire, Smith said.
    Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The relative humidity becomes very small at the same time.
    Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2017
  • That threat is due to gusty winds, dry fuels and low relative humidity.
    Editors, USA TODAY, 3 May 2022
  • The ease with which water can be won from air depends on that air’s relative humidity.
    The Economist, 11 Jan. 2020
  • There is a red flag warning in effect Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. due to strong winds and low relative humidity.
    Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Warm air and low dew points drop the relative humidity to very low levels Tuesday and Wednesday.
    Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023
  • To maintain good vocal fold health and keep the tissue from drying out, have a relative humidity of 40% or greater.
    Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
  • On Tuesday, the winds could pick up a little higher but the relative humidity could rise to over 30 percent.
    Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Forecasters say the relative humidity at and near the coast will rise to 60 percent to 70 percent.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2019
  • The weather service in Flagstaff has issued the warning due to strong winds and low relative humidity.
    Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2024
  • The relative humidity throughout the inland valleys and foothills was in the 15 percent to 20 percent range.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The relative humidity also will drop to the 10 percent to 15 percent range inland on Monday then spread to the coast on Tuesday.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2020
  • In other words, dew point tells us the temperature the air needs to be cooled to in order to achieve a relative humidity of 100% — or when dew forms — Sellers said.
    Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 20 June 2023
  • Red flag warnings are up for a wide swath of Texas and Oklahoma, where relative humidity could fall below 25% and winds may gust up to 30 mph.
    Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2022
  • The relative humidity inland will drop to the 7 percent to 15 percent range.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Overnight saw wind gusts around 40 mph, isolated up to 60 mph over the highest North Bay Mtns, w/ dry relative humidity.
    Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The relative humidity in the desert could drop into single digits during the week.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2021
  • The winds have died out, which is allowing the relative humidity to start rising to more normal levels across the county.
    Gary Robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • According to Cal Fire’s incident report Tuesday morning, crews were able to build control lines as winds died down slightly and relative humidity increased at night.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 18 June 2024

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