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RE: Flores inked - JimmyinSD - 01-23-2026
(01-23-2026, 04:32 PM)1VikesFan Wrote: I don't care if it's-5, if it feels like -25, it's-25 to me.
Minus 5 is a real number, real feel or windchill is so subject to so many other factors besides wind speed that aren't calculated in its kind of a joke. Might as well just say its fucking cold.
RE: Flores inked - BigAl99 - 01-23-2026
(01-23-2026, 06:26 PM)JimmyinSD Wrote: Minus 5 is a real number, real feel or windchill is so subject to so many other factors besides wind speed that aren't calculated in its kind of a joke. Might as well just say its fucking cold.
The formula used is: Wind Chill (°F) = 35.74 + 0.6215T - 35.75(V^0.16) + 0.4275T(V^0.16), where T is the air temperature in Fahrenheit and V is the wind speed in miles per hour.
RE: Flores inked - JimmyinSD - 01-23-2026
(01-23-2026, 06:53 PM)BigAl99 Wrote: The formula used is: Wind Chill (°F) = 35.74 + 0.6215T - 35.75(V^0.16) + 0.4275T(V^0.16), where T is the air temperature in Fahrenheit and V is the wind speed in miles per hour.
Where's humidity, how cold feels is very dependent on moisture in the air, and other factors that aren't represented in that formula, real feel factors in more variables, but still ignores humidity. From someone that has spent a lot of my life working out in the cold, humidity makes a huge difference in how cold it feels. My father in law used to say "its never colder than the leading edge of a south wind." the moisture arrives before the warmth and makes it very unbearable at times, 20 above with high humidity feels way worse than -20, even with a little north wind, which is why I think wind chill and real feel are dumb.
RE: Flores inked - BigAl99 - 01-24-2026
(01-23-2026, 09:54 PM)JimmyinSD Wrote: Where's humidity, how cold feels is very dependent on moisture in the air, and other factors that aren't represented in that formula, real feel factors in more variables, but still ignores humidity. From someone that has spent a lot of my life working out in the cold, humidity makes a huge difference in how cold it feels. My father in law used to say "its never colder than the leading edge of a south wind." the moisture arrives before the warmth and makes it very unbearable at times, 20 above with high humidity feels way worse than -20, even with a little north wind, which is why I think wind chill and real feel are dumb.
That is the equation that's used to calculate the temperature. Was taught to use wet bulb and dry bulb readings to determine the Mollier value, but that was just for class 40 some years ago. Wind chill is an index for for exposed skin heat loss. I think you may have an opportunity to make your mark in science, quantify it and call it the SD Wingeing temp.
RE: Flores inked - StickierBuns - 01-24-2026
(01-24-2026, 07:45 AM)BigAl99 Wrote: Wind chill is an index for for exposed skin heat loss.
This is how I always understood it and how the weathermen down here describe it.
RE: Flores inked - JimmyinSD - 01-25-2026
(01-24-2026, 08:06 AM)StickierBuns Wrote: This is how I always understood it and how the weathermen down here describe it.
and wet skin transfers heat faster than dry skin, its why it feels warmer when it hot and humid, and colder when its cold and humid, not sure why humidity isnt calculated into any sort of attempt to equate conditions to actual feel to the exposed human body.
RE: Flores inked - StickierBuns - 01-25-2026
(01-25-2026, 01:43 AM)JimmyinSD Wrote: and wet skin transfers heat faster than dry skin, its why it feels warmer when it hot and humid, and colder when its cold and humid, not sure why humidity isnt calculated into any sort of attempt to equate conditions to actual feel to the exposed human body.
No doubt, its all about the humidity as a 'feels like' temp for humans.