Humidity during two distinct types of heat wave. (IMAGE)

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Humidity during two distinct types of heat wave.

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Humidity during two distinct types of heat wave. While the presence of a high-pressure system in a typical heat wave leads to low humidity (left), the tropical cyclone heatwave pattern brings both high humidity and high temperature (right).

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Tokyo Metropolitan University

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