Weather / 03 July 2024
A matter of perception
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If like us, you see the morning weather forecast and immediately feel betrayed as soon as you step out the front door because it feels so much colder than they said, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) hears you… It’s planning a major redesign of its website, which will include a greater focus on the ‘feels like’ temperature to give us a more realistic idea of whether it’s a day for a singlet or a puffer jacket. As for how that’s determined, weather boffins say it’s all about “how the air will feel to the human body when factoring in relative humidity, moisture and wind speed”. That means for example, “the stronger the wind and the drier the air, the more heat is taken away from your body, so it feels colder and colder.” We knew we weren’t just being wusses…
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