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For people reading "web bulb" here and not having the least idea of what it is, first of all it's "wet bulb", and this article explained it very clearly to me:

by j1elo 5y ago

For people reading "web bulb" here and not having the least idea of what it is, first of all it's "wet bulb", and this article explained it very clearly to me: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/why-is-everybody-talking-about-wet-bulb-temperatures/ https://www.iflscience.com/environment/why-is-everybody-talk...

tootie 5y ago
Seems like Wet Bulb is a more precise version of what some weather reporters call "Heat Index". Meant to measure how hot it actually feels on the skin. Is there any sort of formula mapping heat + humidity to wet bulb?
- robotguy 5y ago
  https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/wet-bulb https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/wet-bulb
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- shoemakersteve 5y ago
  In Canada we call it "humidex" because we're cool like that.
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