GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Wind chill might result in frostbite a lot faster than typical throughout this week’s Arctic blast.
Whereas the precise temperatures will possible keep hotter than -10° all through the occasion, wind chill values could drop as chilly as -25° in spots.
Wind chill is how chilly it feels on uncovered pores and skin when wind carries away physique warmth throughout chilly temperatures. When the wind is just not blowing, air that’s heated by your physique stays near your physique. This enables even uncovered pores and skin to remain hotter.
When the wind picks up, it carries warmth away from our bodies. The quicker the wind, the quicker you are feeling chilly.
The Nationwide Climate Service’s components to calculate wind chill is: 35.74 + 0.6215T – 35.75(V0.16) + 0.4275T(V0.16). The place “T” represents air temperature in Fahrenheit and “V” represents wind velocity in miles per hour.
As soon as wind chill values attain -20°, it solely takes half-hour or much less for frostbite to set in.
Surprisingly, humidity doesn’t have an effect on the general wind chill sufficient to be thought of an element, but when pores and skin or clothes grow to be moist it might shorten the time to frostbite significantly.
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