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OKIsItJustMe

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3. One advantage of "Heat Index" or "Feels Like Temperature" is that people are used to it from TV weather forecasts
Fri Nov 17, 2023, 01:10 PM
Nov 2023

Here’s a nice YouTube video showing how to determine “Wet Bulb” temperature. I was taught to do this in 9th Grade Earth Science:



The National Weather Service has a handy “Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Informational Guide” which is even more useful than “Wet Bulb.”

Wikipedia: Wet-bulb globe temperature
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