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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
Clearly, you don't understand what the windchill number represents. The wind causes more heat loss by any object that is warmer than the current ambient air temperature. In the case of an object that's at 98°, the heat loss with wind is significant. Therefore, the windchill number represents the effective temperature that would be equivalent to the the heat loss absent of wind.
Naturally, you can believe what you wish..............
However, this does not diminish the fact that a warmer object will cool faster in the presence of convection.
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Brian,
I NEVER said ANYTHING about the rate of cooling. I talked about the air temperature itself which is what forecasters always associate wind chill with.
It sure will cool FASTER, but I can figure that out myself if the wind is blowing. I don't need some arbitrary number from a forecaster.
When I listen to the forecasters, they say for example "The temperature outside is 4F, but it FEELS like -15F. This is impossible. There is absolutely NO WAY it can be -15F if the air temperature is 4F!! The coldest possible temperature if the air is 4F is 4F!!!
They NEVER say the windchill will cause you to cool down faster, they say it FEELS like -15F, which is impossible.
Naturally, this is a fact, not me believing anything!
By the way, I am a science teacher. Specifically Earth Science which includes the area of meteorology.