[aprssig] The panel

Patrick winston at winston1.net
Sat Feb 1 23:02:46 EST 2014


I would second N3OZB's suggestion to drop it.  Its not a real 
measurement, it is a "feeling"..  Further there is no universally 
accepted formula for it so there would always be drama... How long until 
noaa publishes a new new formula?

p

On 2/1/2014 9:49 PM, Bob Burns W9BU wrote:
> On 2/1/2014 6:35 PM, Robert Kirk wrote:
>
>> As I've said before, wind chill is a misleading, non-scientific,
>> confusing quantity.
>
> Research into the rate of heat loss from the human body due to the 
> combined effects of low temperature and wind goes back to pre-World 
> War II Antarctic expeditions.
>
> The formula used to calculate wind chill can be found here:
>
> http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ddc/?n=windchill
>
> Bob...
>
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