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Active Spring Like Pattern Across the Eastern Half of the Country

The second storm will track across central and eastern portion of the country this weekend. Heavy wintry precipitation will affect the northern Plains to the upper peninsula of Michigan. Severe thunderstorms are expected along and ahead of the cold front, where very large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes are possible from the mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys to southern Plains. Read More >

Virtual Temperature

by Tim Brice and Todd Hall

 

 
 
Virtual Temperature
Enter your temperature and choose your units:  Degrees Fahrenheit:
Fahrenheit Celsius Kelvin ° F
Now enter your dewpoint and choose your units:  Degrees Celsius:
Fahrenheit Celsius Kelvin ° C
Finally enter you station pressure (not your altimeter setting): Degrees Kelvin:
in of mercury mm of mercury millibars (hPA) ° K

 

What is the virtual temperature and how is it calculated?