Bad Hair Day?
Kevin's Weather Blog
Today's topic: Humidity and your hair!
Does your hair ever get the frizzies? Or does your hair fall flat after you have curled it with a curling iron?
Blame your follicle flair-ups on the humidity. Your hair absorbs moisture from the air increasing in length.
Both human hair and horse hair have been used to calculate humidity levels in the atmosphere.
Although there are more sophisticated methods now, the hair hygrometer has its place in meteorological history.
Log on to TheIndyChannel.com Monday through Friday for the daily weather
blog from RTV6 Chief Meteorologist Kevin Gregory.
Does your hair ever get the frizzies? Or does your hair fall flat after you have curled it with a curling iron?
Blame your follicle flair-ups on the humidity. Your hair absorbs moisture from the air increasing in length.
Both human hair and horse hair have been used to calculate humidity levels in the atmosphere.
Although there are more sophisticated methods now, the hair hygrometer has its place in meteorological history.
Log on to TheIndyChannel.com Monday through Friday for the daily weather
blog from RTV6 Chief Meteorologist Kevin Gregory.
Previous Blogs:
- October 13, 2003: Looking Foggy?
- October 10, 2003: Partly Sunny Versus Partly Cloudy
- October 9, 2003: Paul Revere?
- October 8, 2003: Enjoy It While You Can!
- October 7, 2003: Under Pressure?
- October 6, 2003: Temperature Stretch
- October 3, 2003: Looking Kind Of Average
- October 3, 2003: Cold Air? Blame Canada!
- October 1, 2003: Hello Cold Air!
- September 30, 2003: September Records
- September 26, 2003: Soggy September
- September 25, 2003: Clouds With Character
- September 24, 2003: Wooly Worms And Weather
- September 23, 2003: Autumnal Equinox
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