Heat Index Info: How Hot Do I Really Feel?

John Steinberg wrote:

IIRC, the heat index in NYC last Tuesday hit 109 F. This week in NYC
we are expecting mid to high 90s all week and I recently read (source
forgotten) that the heat index is based upon a 5' 7" adult weighing 140
lbs. I don't know if this is indeed correct but it's what read, I
think.

That must be the Lilliputian heat index. Interpolating for myself, I
would say that the temperature here (10 mi. W. of Annapolis) is 317F
and the humidity is 284 percent.

Anyway, since I haven't been that size since the Corvair was still in
production, I'm wondering if the scale is logarithmic as one gets
larger, or smaller, and if there's a published algorithm to derive the
heat index for other body masses?

Corvair? You could fit in a Corvair?

Davoud

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On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:01:50 -0400, Davoud wrote:

Corvair? You could fit in a Corvair?

Remember, he was only 5' 7" back then.

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Cloudbait Observatory
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"John Steinberg" wrote in message
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IIRC, the heat index in NYC last Tuesday hit 109 F. This week in NYC
we are expecting mid to high 90s all week and I recently read (source
forgotten) that the heat index is based upon a 5' 7" adult weighing 140
lbs. I don't know if this is indeed correct but it's what read, I
think.

Anyway, since I haven't been that size since the Corvair was still in
production, I'm wondering if the scale is logarithmic as one gets
larger, or smaller, and if there's a published algorithm to derive the
heat index for other body masses?

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-John Steinberg
email: lid

Who really gives a good **** about this as it relates to SAA??

"LAH" wrote

Anyway, since I haven't been that size since the Corvair was still in
production, I'm wondering if the scale is logarithmic as one gets
larger, or smaller, and if there's a published algorithm to derive the
heat index for other body masses?

Who really gives a good **** about this as it relates to SAA??

You must be new here... and probably don't even know what a Corvair is.
(hint: it's neither a Maksutov nor one of those Rich-Cretins)

On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:33:40 GMT, "LAH" wrote:

Who really gives a good **** about this as it relates to SAA??

Anyone who is forced to consider heat index when planning their
observing? That probably represents more than half of all American
amateurs.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

John Steinberg wrote:

IIRC, the heat index in NYC last Tuesday hit 109 F. This week in NYC
we are expecting mid to high 90s all week and I recently read (source
forgotten) that the heat index is based upon a 5' 7" adult weighing 140
lbs. I don't know if this is indeed correct but it's what read, I
think.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_index

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/html/studies/ta_htindx.PDF

wrote:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/html/studies/ta_htindx.PDF

Excellent link, thanks! If I'm following the formula correctly it
seems there really is no provision to account for body mass. Not a big
deal, I know when it's hot!

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-John Steinberg
email: lid

"John Steinberg" wrote in message
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Chris L Peterson rote:

Anyone who is forced to consider heat index when planning their
observing? That probably represents more than half of all American
amateurs.

In fairness to LAH, AKA: Mick, Mot, Tom, Vertigo, ATM, ad nauseam, he
probably doesn't have to deal with these issues up there in Calgary.

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only an idiot would make conclusions about annonymous posters online and
where they may be.

I feel hotter than the inside of your shoe.

Cathy

John Steinberg wrote:
IIRC, the heat index in NYC last Tuesday hit 109 F. This week in NYC
we are expecting mid to high 90s all week and I recently read (source
forgotten) that the heat index is based upon a 5' 7" adult weighing 140
lbs. I don't know if this is indeed correct but it's what read, I
think.

Anyway, since I haven't been that size since the Corvair was still in
production, I'm wondering if the scale is logarithmic as one gets
larger, or smaller, and if there's a published algorithm to derive the
heat index for other body masses?

"John Steinberg" wrote in message
...
LAH, Mick, mot, Tom, ATM, Virtigo, wrote:

only an idiot would make conclusions about annonymous posters online and
where they may be.

*Yawn* Are so you so brain damaged to think you're actually anonymous
here, dumbass?


Sure am. Unless you have somekind of privacy intrusion into my ISP!!
dip****! Which is of course
impossible! oh yeah, I know all about IP trackers, but that don't mean
anything either.