topic Re: ''Wind chill factor''...??? in Q Talk

''Wind chill factor''...???

sarahpanda — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:00:27 GMT

My DH and I go 'round and 'round about the 'wind chill factor'. He said there is no way that anybody can calculate that. I'm looking for some back up here...Do you have any info on that? He wants to know if there is any kind of instrument that calculates it? Thanks

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

Peaches McPhee — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:03:49 GMT

Apparently there is a formula:

https://sciencing.com/calculate-wind-chill-factor-5981683.html

(you'll need a calculator )

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

Misplaced Parisian — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:03:08 GMT

@sarahpanda It's a formula, not an instrument. The formula is out on Google.

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

2blonde — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:06:30 GMT

I think the weather forecasters here in NE Ohio simply subtract the wind velocity from the temperature.

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

AuntG — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:21:33 GMT

I'll be Sweden and say you both are right😁. It's been said there is no such thing as wind chill on inanimate objects, like a car, but the wind on bare skin feels colder than the temperature registering on a thermometer.

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

Kachina624 — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:36:32 GMT

The National Weather Service uses a formula:

Calculate the wind chill using the National Weather Service's new formula. Multiply the temperature by 0.6215 and then add 35.74. Subtract 35.75 multiplied by the wind speed calculated to the 0.16 power. Finally, add 0.4275 multiplied by temperature, multiplied by wind speed calculated to the 0.16 power.

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

faeriemoon — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:40:19 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
The National Weather Service uses a formula:

Calculate the wind chill using the National Weather Service's new formula. Multiply the temperature by 0.6215 and then add 35.74. Subtract 35.75 multiplied by the wind speed calculated to the 0.16 power. Finally, add 0.4275 multiplied by temperature, multiplied by wind speed calculated to the 0.16 power.

Gee; and I thought it might be complicated.

(Yes; sarcasm.)

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

geezerette — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:46:54 GMT

@AuntG wrote:
I'll be Sweden and say you both are right😁. It's been said there is no such thing as wind chill on inanimate objects, like a car, but the wind on bare skin feels colder than the temperature registering on a thermometer.

Our local weathercasters have started using the term "feels like" temperature instead of "wind chill". They always just briefly describe it as what it feels like to you when you combine the actual air temperature and wind speed.

There is a certain temperature--I think it's about 55degrees--when wind chill can be determined. Anything below that can have a "wind chill" factor. Temps above that have a "heat index" when calculated with humidity.

Our meteorologists use the term feels like to describe both. Probably to keep things easy to understand for their audience.

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

Alison Wonderland — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:48:17 GMT

@sarahpanda wrote:
My DH and I go 'round and 'round about the 'wind chill factor'. He said there is no way that anybody can calculate that. I'm looking for some back up here...Do you have any info on that? He wants to know if there is any kind of instrument that calculates it? Thanks

Did you ask him to show you his degree in meteorology?

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

millieshops — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:25:03 GMT

@Kachina624Or just rely on someone getting paid to tell me!

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

loriqvc — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 02:05:38 GMT

@AuntG wrote:
I'll be Sweden and say you both are right😁. It's been said there is no such thing as wind chill on inanimate objects, like a car, but the wind on bare skin feels colder than the temperature registering on a thermometer.

@AuntG - I agree! But I think you mean Switzerland, not Sweden.

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

mspatmac — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 02:06:00 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
The National Weather Service uses a formula:

Calculate the wind chill using the National Weather Service's new formula. Multiply the temperature by 0.6215 and then add 35.74. Subtract 35.75 multiplied by the wind speed calculated to the 0.16 power. Finally, add 0.4275 multiplied by temperature, multiplied by wind speed calculated to the 0.16 power.

Thanks for the info but I think I'll just continue to use the weather app on my phone, they calculate it fo me LOL

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

AuntG — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 02:46:14 GMT

You are obviously right @loriqvc . I knew one of those countries stays neutral.

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

on the bay — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 03:15:21 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
The National Weather Service uses a formula:

Calculate the wind chill using the National Weather Service's new formula. Multiply the temperature by 0.6215 and then add 35.74. Subtract 35.75 multiplied by the wind speed calculated to the 0.16 power. Finally, add 0.4275 multiplied by temperature, multiplied by wind speed calculated to the 0.16 power.

@Kachina624 -
Haha! Why yes, I do this everyday!

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

Sooner — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 03:20:53 GMT

@sarahpanda wrote:
My DH and I go 'round and 'round about the 'wind chill factor'. He said there is no way that anybody can calculate that. I'm looking for some back up here...Do you have any info on that? He wants to know if there is any kind of instrument that calculates it? Thanks

@sarahpanda Tell him he is VERY wrong and should know better! Tell him human beings and computers can easily calculate wind chill.

Obviously he doesn't live in Oklahoma or he'd know that. The wind blows all the time here and we are very weather aware!

Tell him he owes you dinner out! Tell him I said so!

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

jellyBEAN — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 05:10:07 GMT

I just like to know the temperature. I don't need wind chill and I don't need heat index. Why make matters worse? Nothing you can do about the weather anyway.

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

50Mickey — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 00:22:31 GMT

@jellyBEAN wrote:
I just like to know the temperature. I don't need wind chill and I don't need heat index. Why make matters worse? Nothing you can do about the weather anyway.

@jellyBEAN I was going to say the same thing. They probably use the a formular to calculate the wind chill like they use a formular to calculate the heat index. The wind chill and the heat index just makes us feel even more awful than the temperature does. I live in the south and when they start with the heat index I feel like never going outside. I'm sure this is important information to know but i really don't want to think about this.

Re: ''Wind chill factor''...???

Pearlee — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 01:32:33 GMT

This thread is in the Q Talk forum. Does it have anything at all to do with QVC?