[at-l] wind chills

[jbkramer@afn.org (Bryan Kramer)]

The original wind chill figures were done on a can of water if I recall
correctly. Thus the numbers did not cross over to people very
accurately. The new wind chill table, though I don't recall if they
still call it that, was done on people or at least critters and is
supposed to be more useful.

Bryan
 
> 
> I maintained for years that wind chills were largely a myth. 
> The refiguring of the wind chill charts partially confirmed 
> that opinion. I notice that since the change, most TV weather 
> reports tend to ignore wind chill, I suspect because the 
> software that does their figuring no longer is applicable. Or 
> perhaps because the new figures reduce the dramatic impact so 
> much it's not worth reporting.