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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
Well, against my better judgment........here we go:
You made these statements:
I have a couple of questions for you:
1) If you walk outside with an ambient air temperature of 10°F. with no wind, can we agree that the air temperature "feels" like 10°F?
This is important........and we must agree before we go to #2:
2) If you walk outside with an ambient air temperature of 10°F. with 30 knot winds, do you feel colder than you would feel without any wind?
And, if the above is in the affirmative..........
3) Since you do feel colder, what temperature would you judge the air to be when a 30 kt. wind is present? Would it be accurate to say that you might believe that the ambient air temperature is approximately -5°F.........using the baseline of no wind as your barometer?
Please limit your answers to simple yes and no.............
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1)Yes
2)Yes
3)This is my point. What it FEELS like. I know that it will FEEL colder if the wind is blowing. I don't need some forecaster telling me what temperature it will FEEL like. They only do that for shock value. I don't need a windchill 'temperature'. I know it will feel colder and so would any other person that has experienced it. All they need to say is the ambient air temperature and the wind speed.
Okay, some questions for you.
1)If the ambient air temperature is 10F, is it possible (without the prescence of any extra cold/heat sources) for the wind to cool an object (including a human) down past 10F?
2)Does the rate of cooling by the wind vary greatly (assuming same wind speed) if the ambient air temperature is 10F or 100F?
3)Do meteorologists talk about windchill during the summer when it is 100F out?
Also, thank you for arguing rationally this time without taking shots at me.