Last week I had the opportunity to speak to parents and children at Rockton's Talcott Library. We spoke about winter weather, thunderstorms, and tornadoes. One of the great questions that was posed to me was "How do you measure the wind chill and heat index?"While wind chill and heat index are two completely different things, they are quite similar! Heat index is derived from temperature and humidity readings. Wind chill is derived from temperature and wind readings. So, there really isn't a way to "measure" either. That's why we use the terms index and factor...because it's not a precise number. To find the number that is close we have to look at a chart. Click on the Wind chill chart above to figure out tonight's factor. We'll have temperatures around +5° with windspeeds around 25mph. Tomorrow's temperatures will top out around +15° with windspeeds of 25mph.
If you'd like to find the precise wind chill factor, you can do the math. The equation is at the bottom of the chart. If someone would like to do it for me and get the precise number, I will show it on the air tonight! :-) -ERIC
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No one willing to help me out here? :~( -ERIC
Tonight: Windchill = -4.04 degrees
Tomorrow: Windchill = -17.41 degrees
It's some pretty easy math
-Stormpuncher
I typed those in backwards, it should be:
Tonight: Wind Chill = -17.41 degrees
Tomorrow: Wind Chill = -4.04 degrees
Sorry about that.
This is very subjective. It's hard to calculate the precise wind chill with forecasted numbers.
Yes, however the temperature right now (9pm) is 24 with a wind of 13...gives us a precise wind chill of 13.
Thanks stormpuncher! If you give your name and location, you will be mentioned on 13News10@10! -ERIC
My name:
Tyler McDowall
Poplar Grove, IL
Thanks Tyler!!!
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