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Recently, I became thoroughly sick of hearing about “wind chill” and “real feel” temperatures. I learned enough about meteorology years ago, so that I understood that the wind chill refers to “wet bulb” temperature, and the real feel is another term for talking about that. Wet bulb temperature is the temperature measured with a thermometer that is wrapped with a wet cloth, so that the cooling due to evaporation is measured, in addition to the ambient air temperature. Dry bulb temperature is the ...

Psychological Considerations in Winter Coats

Living in an area that has been frequented by part of the Polar Vortex this Winter has given me the opportunity to observe the varied ways that people dress for chilly weather. As anyone who lives in a chilly region knows, there is considerable variation in how people dress for Winter days. Through the decades I have tried many sorts of coat, and I have found little difference in warmth among them. The materials, thickness, etc. seem to ...