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Weather.gov has a wetbulb globe temperature report. I wonder why this is not used instead of “heat-index”? https://www.weather.gov/tsa/wbgt https://www.weather
by twobitshifter 6y ago
Weather.gov has a wetbulb globe temperature report. I wonder why this is not used instead of “heat-index”?
https://www.weather.gov/tsa/wbgt https://www.weather.gov/tsa/wbgt
- jfengel 6y agoHeat index feels familiar. It's a way to help compare weather from day to day, regardless of the humidity, because you have a notion of what X degrees "feels like". It's also a way to make meteorology seem more engaging. The weather forecaster gets to tell you that yes, the hot feels hotter (the same way the wind chill lets them tell you that the cold feels colder). It's not as scientifically useful, but the actual data is available to scientists who care about it. Ordinary people prefer to know how to dress, and the heat index/wind chill are actually OK at that.