Cold weather reminder: wind chill =/= temperature

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62strat said:

Brian Earl Spilner said:

And if water is 211 F, it'll never boil but it'll still be hot as hell to the touch.

What's your point?
Water boils at 201F in my house.
So it freezes above 32F then.

This is still all a moot point when discussing wind chill.
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Chester won't go outside if it's too cold so he poops in my hands and I throw it out the door
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GAC06
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You should teach him to poop in your pants like you
maroon barchetta
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GAC06 said:

You should teach him to poop in your pants like you
wbt5845
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Wind chill is an attempt to express a first order tensor and a zeroth order tensor. So it's at best an arbitrary, bad approximation.
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HossAg
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wbt5845 said:

Wind chill is an attempt to express a first order tensor and a zeroth order tensor. So it's at best an arbitrary, bad approximation.


Jesus, you're one of those guys that still uses your fancy words we learned in college.

It may be an imperfect approximation, but it's definitely more accurate to the cold you're actually feeling than the real temperature on a windy day. There is more heat transfer occurring between your body and the atmosphere on a windy cold day than a non-windy cold day.
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HossAg said:

wbt5845 said:

Wind chill is an attempt to express a first order tensor and a zeroth order tensor. So it's at best an arbitrary, bad approximation.
Jesus, you're one of those guys that still uses your fancy accurate words we learned in college.
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HossAg
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You can just say scalar and vector dude, you're not a math major. No one is impressed.
wbt5845
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I have an MS in Engineering Mechanics, so tensor mechanics is a big part of what I do. I'm sure scalar and vector is just as foreign to most people.
maroon barchetta
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Stick to your marching band trolls. This one isn't working.
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Had to go out just now to get tape at Walgreens. Drove past a guy unloading groceries from the car in a hoodie, shorts, socks, and sandals.

It's currently 2F, with a 25 mph west wind gusting to 33. That makes for a windchill of -21F.

Guessing it's the socks that are keeping him warm.
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He's just acclimated to the cold up there.
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dabo man said:

Had to go out just now to get tape at Walgreens. Drove past a guy unloading groceries from the car in a hoodie, shorts, socks, and sandals.

It's currently 2F, with a 25 mph west wind gusting to 33. That makes for a windchill of -21F.

Guessing it's the socks that are keeping him warm.
I just picked up my kids from a basketball camp and a dad was walking in with flip flops, no socks. About 8 degrees lol.
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OP is just pissed the teenage girls will be staying inside because it is too cold and windy to be wearing yoga pants.
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I got a chill once.

Really makes you think.
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dabo man
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I'm watching the Chiefs game. It's sunny and 14F at kickoff. Arrowhead is packed with power drinkers (as usual). Perfect football weather.
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