September 24th, 2009 at 7:33 am by Cheryl Nelson under Weather
Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of “The Wizard of Oz.” Special screenings of the movie in high definition were shown and sold out across the country. How appropriate that we had a rainbow yesterday! With all the moisture in the atmosphere, showers and some sunshine there was a rainbow.
Rainbow in the Deep Creek section of Chesapeake (from Cindy)
We could see more rainbows later today. With all the moisture in place, some sunshine and the risk for showers and thunderstorms, you never know. Carry your umbrella today in case you get under one of those shower or storms. Otherwise it will be warm and humid!
Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson
September 23rd, 2009 at 7:56 am by Cheryl Nelson under Weather
“Tropical” moisture created problems with areas of dense fog this morning (mainly inland). Visibility was down to near zero across parts of our western VA and NC counties. The fog was so thick in parts of North Carolina that Hertford County County schools had a one-hour delay this morning. Dense fog could be a problem tomorrow morning as well. Remember to allow plenty of extra time, use your low beams and slow down when driving in foggy conditions.
Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson
June 8th, 2009 at 5:19 pm by Cheryl Nelson under Weather
If you were watching WAVY News 10 over the weekend, you probably heard our weekend anchor, Lori Crouch, say “ick” to my 7-day forecast. ;) Although I like beach weather, I’m not a fan of really humid weather. Neither is Lori.
I’ve written about humidity and bad hair days before. If your hair wasn’t perfect today, I don’t think it’ll get better this week if you spend a lot of time outside. If you’re curious as to why, read on…
I blame the dewpoint temperature. The dewpoint measures the amount of moisture in the atmosphere: the higher the number, the more uncomfortable we feel. The higher the dewpoint, the more difficult it becomes to tame our hair.
Here’s a “dewpoint decoder” that I came up with:
< 60 Comfortable
60-65 A Bit Muggy
65-70 Quite Humid
> 70 Oppressive
This week our dewpoints will be in the “quite humid/oppressive categories.” The best thing to do to try to beat the humidity is to drink plenty of water and stay indoors in air conditioning if possible. To fix a bad hair day, we can try hair spray, unless you have any other ideas?
Do you have a secret for fixing a bad hair day? Post a reply and let us know. Thanks! 
Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson
