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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by ksaj on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @11:50PM (#28137788)
It is worth correcting, because I think most people haven't heard of wet-bulb, just as the methods and formulas that give us humidex "feels-like" temperatures aren't common knowledge.

A lot of ways we measure and describe the human experience of humidity and temperature are not standardized from location to location, so the non-local methods and terminology can be arcane for anyone who isn't a meteorologist.

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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by midnightGhost on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @11:57PM (#28137842)
I never heard of wet-bulb temp until carrot weather included it in a recent update.
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