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[sarahpanda]

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

[Peaches McPhee]

Apparently there is a formula:

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

(you'll need a calculator   )

[Misplaced Parisian]

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

[2blonde]

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

[AuntG]

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.

[Kachina624]

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.

[faeriemoon]

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@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.

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Gee; and I thought it might be complicated.

(Yes; sarcasm.)

[geezerette]

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@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.

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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.

[Alison Wonderland]

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@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

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

[millieshops]

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