Posted on 07/23/2011 2:45:57 PM PDT by donna
"The Feels Like Temperatures map show what the outdoor temperature will feel like for the current day."
Weather-chicks bring "feelings" to weather reporting!
I don't want the weather-chicks telling me how I feel. Just report the scientific facts and let us decide how we feel.
Is this a change in reporting to support the global warming agenda? Are they trying to frighten the public?
I think so.
Why just stick with the sense of touch? They should go by the sense of smell. “Today’s weather, STINKS” I could live with that type of reporting...
“...it helps to determine when you might want to do work outside...”
I must be weird, but I can usually figure that out on my own in about 10 minutes.
>>>Just report the scientific facts and let us decide how we feel.
But the ‘fees like’ aka heat index is science. It is a representation of the reactions of “animate objects” physiology to varying conditions, and how quickly and or likely it may be that those reactions could become detrimental to one’s ability to work in said conditions, or even be detrimental to one’s continued existence. And if you or a loved one had ever suffered from a heat related illness, you would not be so cavalier to call “feels like” a load of crap, when it is not.
I have that now with my Ford Escape hybrid. There are certain advantages to having a 300V battery.
>> I must be weird, but I can usually figure that out on my own in about 10 minutes.
I must be weird too; I have conditioned myself to work outside whenever I *need* to, not when the weather-ette *says* I should.
Just give me enough water and I’m OK. Towards the end of the afternoon beer is an acceptable substitute.
Whatever.
On the Weather channel I watch (Not “The Weather Channel”) the chicks have a tendency to have really small breasts and really large bums. I think it’s to keep from getting in the way of the weather map. Except for the ones Jim Cantore got to. They have protruding bellies with inverted belly-buttons.
>> There are certain advantages to having a 300V battery.
No doubt, but one drawback of your battery — as compared with a 9V battery — is, checking its state of charge by “tasting” it with your tongue is prolly not such a good idea. :-)
Do you really find it useful? Can you tell me you would alter your behavior because you know the heat index is 106 compared to what you would if you only knew the basic temperature is 95?
Now that there’s funny, doesn’t matter who you are.
90°F in Phoenix is a whole lot easier to deal with than 90°F in Houston.
"Just like an oven", is my favorite reply to that.
We cant! I’ve just got rights for “wet index” for when we get an inch of rain but it feels like two, the time index, for when it is 9 at night but it feels like midnight, and the wind index, for when the wind is blowing 10 miles an hour but feels like 15 mph.
Besides, I defy anyone to tell me that an air temperature of 95º with a dew point temperature of 38º feels the same as an air temperature of 95º with a dew point temperature of 77º.
There are various heat indices that take into account, water vapor, sun radiation, wind speed etc. in an attempt to indicate overall average comfort and/or physical stress.
One such index is called the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature and was developed by the USMC at Parris Island in 1956.
If you work outside, especially if wearing longsleve FRC in a refinery or Petrochemical plant, you better alter your behavior if you don't want heat stroke.
I like the Weather Channel man on the street who reports how hot it is, for hours on end, but who never breaks a sweat or who looks hot himself.
Yellow makes me feel sad
I think it’s a competition in nomenclature.
“Heat Index” is what NWS called it, and AccuWeather (a competing PRIVATE service) had to call it something else. I think it’s rather telling the nomenclature chosen by a private weather outfit outclassed that chosen by the public National Weather Service. Either way, it does make sense to have an index that takes into account the humidity as well as the temperature. Where I live, the Heat Index is often actually lower than the real temperature, because it does tend to be dry here.
As an aside, I always trusted AccuWeather more because Joe Bastardi used to work for them. When Katrina was well out in the Gulf, he told people in NOLA to “run for your lives!” I’ll never forget that.
True dat. Frankly, sometimes having a battery the size of a fuel tank behind me gives me pause every time I have to slam on the breaks because of some nit-wit in traffic. I have a full sized gas tank to boot. This is not a Prius!
What if it's 106 but it's very dry? Do they say that it "feels like" 95?
Rhetorical question - of course they don't. I agree with others - just present the hard data. I can tell how hot it feels when I feel it. I want to know that actual air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, probability of precipitation - I want the hard data.
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