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Twombls t1_j705m4a wrote

Reply to comment by Outrageous-Outside61 in Kingdom folks: drip your faucets! Dry your wood, stock up on supplies, check on your neighbors... by mister_record

Its based on a calculation of wind speed to air temperature. I find it pretty fucking useful as someone that spends time outside in the winter as a quick reference

https://www.weather.gov/safety/cold-wind-chill-chart

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Outrageous-Outside61 t1_j706ckr wrote

Yes, I understand what it is. I also understand that is is stupid shit for sensationalist meteorologists.

https://slate.com/technology/2019/01/wind-chill-warning-temperature-useless.html

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-is-wind-chill-real/

https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2016/1/19/10788306/wind-chill-meaning

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Twombls t1_j707z37 wrote

I mean yeah those articles state the obvious fact that -30 windchill /= -30 weather. It doesn't work great as an exact number. However when temperatures get into extreme lows and you add wind in obviously chances of frostbite and shit are higher.

Theres a reason why ski areas like jay are closing. They normally don't close in -20 weather. its normally cold af up there. But also -20 days here are usually still. Tomorrow is going to be insanely windy and they decided to preemptively close. Im sure they used a more scientific metric than wind chill to gauge the closing. But its much easier to say "hey -40 wind chill tomorrow we wont open"

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Outrageous-Outside61 t1_j708u48 wrote

Dude they’re closing because of the wind gust speeds. They would be closing if it was 20 degrees out tomorrow.

You went from saying windchill is important because it’s a metric of how quickly the weather would kill you (not at all true btw), to saying it’s just an easier way to say it’s gonna be colder than a witch’s tit. It’s okay to admit your wrong.

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