OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Summer break may be over for Omaha students and athletes, but the summer heat is still here with highs in the 90s the past few days. Understanding the impacts of heat can be life-saving as sports practices and other outdoor activities start up.

The high and low temperatures for a day don’t tell the whole story when it comes to intense heat. Luckily, we can use tools like the wet bulb globe temperature to help determine what it will actually feel like by considering other factors such as sun angle, cloud cover, wind and relative humidity. This measurement is useful to determine a safe amount of time to spend outside when temperatures are hot and potentially life-threatening.

Wet bulb globe temperature can be used to establish guidelines to modify your physical act

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