Fig. 5: Climatology (1993-2022) and humid heatwave conditions in each regime plotted on isopleths of wet-bulb temperature (Twb) and Heat Index. | Nature Communications

Fig. 5: Climatology (1993-2022) and humid heatwave conditions in each regime plotted on isopleths of wet-bulb temperature (Twb) and Heat Index.

From: Daily rainfall variability controls humid heatwaves in the global tropics and subtropics

Fig. 5: Climatology (1993-2022) and humid heatwave conditions in each regime plotted on isopleths of wet-bulb temperature (Twb) and Heat Index.

The dashed lines show the daily time series from day −7 (open circle) to day +2 (solid circle) for the most extreme heatwaves (events with 10% highest Twb). The shaded areas show the distribution of temperature and relative humidity on the 2nd day of the extreme heatwaves. The shaded areas contain 50% of the extreme heatwave grid cells, and their boundary contour presents the 50th percentile. Extreme heatwaves are the heatwaves in each grid cell that have the highest 5% of Twb.

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