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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by tootie on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @10:25AM (#28142370)
Seems like Wet Bulb is a more precise version of what some weather reporters call "Heat Index". Meant to measure how hot it actually feels on the skin. Is there any sort of formula mapping heat + humidity to wet bulb?
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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by robotguy on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @10:38AM (#28142536)
https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/wet-bulb
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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by shoemakersteve on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @11:09AM (#28142935)
In Canada we call it "humidex" because we're cool like that.
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