Re: Best space heater for winter?



Bob Hatch wrote:

"William Boyd" <williamboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Neon John wrote:


The two are totally unrelated.  Wind chill is an attempt to quantify
the effect wind has on the perception of temperature by humans.  It
does not take humidity into account.  The wind chill would be the
same whether the RH was 0 or 100%.  The sling pyschrometer or swamp
cooler have slightly different dependencies on humidity.

A decent idea when conceived, wind chill has turned into little more
than something the TV weather idiots can scream about.  Being a
subjective scale, it has little to do with science.

John

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:34:34 GMT, Chris Bryant <bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:



On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:56:23 -0500, Lone Haranguer wrote:



Herbert wrote:


Wind velocity only acts as accelerant; any type of mass can only
cool to actual temperature.

This will be news to the wet bulb thermometer and those using evaporative coolers. LZ

hah- you beat me to it.

--- John De Armond See my website for my current email address http://www.johngsbbq.com Cleveland, Occupied TN

John!, John!, JOHN you are over your head on this one.


No he's not.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/windchill/index.shtml

From:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/windchill/windchillglossary.shtml
13. Does humidity or being near a large water body affect on wind chill?

When we tested the new Wind Chill Temperature Index (WCTI), our researchers applied the new index to 12 test subjects. The results of the tests showed that relative humidity was an insignificant weather parameter, less than one degree at worst. To simplify the calculation, relative humidity was left out of the formula.

We did research a wet wind chill or blowing water spray. This research was to simulate a person near a body of water or a mariner. These findings are being finalized and may be incorporated for the winter season 2003-2004.


They tested seeding the clouds too, that proved flawed as well. If humidity does not have any thing to do with wind chill why cant you cool dry air? Why do they use swamp coolers in dry areas?

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