Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Wind chill index values for a range of temperatures and wind speeds, from the standard wind chill formula for Environment Canada. Wind chill (popularly wind chill factor) is the sensation of cold produced by the wind for a given ambient air temperature on exposed skin as the air motion accelerates the rate of heat transfer from the body to the surrounding atmosphere.
A wind chill warning was a hazardous weather statement previously issued by both local forecast offices of the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States and by the Meteorological Service of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) when wind chills were forecast to reach values low enough for residents and travelers to be susceptible to life-threatening medical conditions (such as ...
Air temperature and wind chill are no colder than −73 °C (−99 °F) And also must meet one or more of the following criteria: Visibility less than 300 metres (980 ft) Windspeed is greater than or equal to 48 knots (89 km/h; 55 mph) Air temperature and/or wind chill of −60 °C (−76 °F) or below; Weather Condition 1
Charles Eagan (1921 – March 11, 2010) was a Canadian scientist working in cold weather physiology, known primarily for advancing the wind chill formula.. Antarctic explorers Paul Siple and Charles Passel had created their original formula for wind chill measurements in 1939 by drawing on data that showed how long it took water to freeze in a cylinder under various wind and temperature ...
In the United States an extreme cold warning was an experimental weather warning issued by the National Weather Service in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. [5] The warning was issued if the temperature fell to −35 °F (−37 °C) or colder with a wind of less than 5 mph (8 km/h; 2 m/s). [6]
Wind chill makes it feel much colder than it really is, so it's been described as a "feels-like" number. If the temperature is 0 degrees and the wind is blowing at 15 mph, the wind chill is 19 ...
Charles Fay Passel (April 9, 1915 – December 27, 2002) was a polar scientist responsible along with Paul Siple for the development of the wind chill factor parameter. Biography [ edit ]
Chill Factor, a 1992 science fiction novel by Laurence James (James Axler) Chill Factore (styled Chill Factor e), an indoor ski slope in Manchester, England; Chill Factor, a 1987 album by American country music artist Merle Haggard "Chill Factor" (song), a 1988 song from the LP