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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by spywaregorilla on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @11:48AM (#28143522)
95F in dry air is not the same thing as wet bulb 95F. That is the majority of the discussion being had in other threads.
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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by kristjansson on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @01:04PM (#28144660)
Critically, not just 'dry air' vs 'humid' in the human sense. Wet-bulb is temperature at 100% relative humidity. A 'humid' day in the human sense is like 60-70%.
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