Published July 16, 2010

A native Southern Californian, I’m used to heat. Dry heat. The humidity out here is killer.

Health experts recommend this remedy for heat exhaustion.

WBZ meterologist Melissa Mack wrote up a humidity explainer, complete with a scale of 1 to Oppressive.

Lately, our dewpoints have had trouble dropping below 65, which is why so many of us find it uncomfortable to exercise, work or spend a large amount of time outdoors.

What’s more, today may be the first day of a heat wave, if the temps over the weekend remain above 90 degrees in the shade. The Glossary of Meterology has a definition of heat wave/hot wave/warm wave if you would like to learn more:

The eastern United States, heat waves generally build up with southerly winds on the western flank of an anticyclone centered over the southeastern states, the air being warmed by passage over a land surface heated by the sun.

Even today on my scooter, with its built-in AC (just hit the throttle), I melted.