With the dew point around -4C and wind chill below zero I must cofess I did
feel a bit chilly whilst playing golf today. Mind you the fact that I was
playing on high ground near Gravesend, directly downwind of magnificent
views over the Thames Estuary didn't help! (Southern Valley GC if anyone
from Kent is interested exactly where)

Dave

"Mike Tullett" wrote in message
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On 26 Jan 2006 06:30:20 -0800, wrote in
oups.com

I have every sympathy for the tree surgeon who has just been working in
my garden.
Temperature is indeed +5, but that wind (and low humidity) makes it
feel very unpleasant indeed.

I do remember the winter of 1963 and just about 1947. It might not be
numerically as cold today, but sure as dammit, it feels cold.

I reckon there is a fundamental omission in formulae which calculate
windchill temperatures. Here is the standard North American version (in
deg F of course)

Windchill (ºF) = 35.74 + 0.6215T - 35.75(V^0.16) + 0.4275T(V^0.16)

Whe T = Air Temperature (F)
V = Wind Speed (mph)
^ = raised to a power (exponential)

On the right hand side should a further negative, namely - 1.1269(Y^0.512)

where Y is years on this earth, or age:-)

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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 26/01/2006
15:01:42 UTC