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Old 29th Jan 2002, 00:42
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Lu Zuckerman

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To: IHL

"Wind chill is not taken into account, wind chill was developped for whimpy people who live in the South to make it sound like it is colder than it really is ,they will say something like "with the wind chill it is -40" while Northerners will say its -40 because that is what the actual temperature is".

In actuality the temperature and the wind chill temperature are different. The actual temperature can be –25 degrees F and depending how fast the wind is blowing the wind chill can measure –45 to –60 degrees F (for example). The wind chill temperature is a perceived temperature and reflects the rate of heat dissipation on the persons body. At least that is what I think it is.
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