Estimating the Feels Like

Temperature

Faraz Arastu
faraz2@illinois.edu
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Feels

Warm Cold

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Environmental Variables

Temperature Gradient Wind Speed

Phase Change Solar Radiation

http://archive.theletter.co.uk/index/4556/not+pretty,+but+fast
http://couch-tuner.info/brandssdwn-snowman-melting-in-the-sun.htmhttp://archive.theletter.co.uk/index/4556/not+pretty,+but+fast
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/600034/pagasa-warns-against-too-much-sun-advises-extreme-caution
Variables

Temperature Gradient Wind Speed

Phase Change Solar Radiation

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http://couch-tuner.info/brandssdwn-snowman-melting-in-the-sun.htmhttp://archive.theletter.co.uk/index/4556/not+pretty,+but+fast
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/600034/pagasa-warns-against-too-much-sun-advises-extreme-caution
Windchill Model

T1 Tair

vwind

Tair (°C) hwindchill at 0 m/s hwindchill at 20 m/s

(W/m2K) (W/m2K)
20 158 531
0 401 1349
-20 644 2167
-40 887 2985

Siple, P. and Passel, C. Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. 1945.

Windchill Model

T1 Tair

vwind

Tair (°C) hwindchill at 0 m/s hwindchill at 20 m/s

(W/m2K) (W/m2K)
20 158 531
0 401 1349
-20 644 2167
-40 887 2985

Siple, P. and Passel, C. Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. 1945.

Model Refinement

T1

Rcond

Rconv

Rrad
1. Same data
2. Modern analysis
3. Detailed geometry

Bluestein, M. & Zecher, J. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 1999.

Additional References

1. Siple, M. P. A. & Army, U. S. Measurements of Dry Atmospheric Cooling in Subfreezing Temperatures

Author ( s ): Paul A . Siple and Charles F . Passel Source : Proceedings of the American Philosophical
Society , Vol . 89 , No . 1 , Reports on Scientific Results of the United States Ant. 89, 177–199 (2014).
2. Steadmen, R. G. Indices of Windchill of Clothed Persons. Journal of Applied Meteorology 10, 674–683
(1971).
3. Steadman, R. G. The Assessment of Sultriness. Part II: Effects of Wind, Extra Radiation and Barometric
Pressure on Apparent Temperature. Journal of Applied Meteorology 18, 874–885 (1979).
4. Steadman, R. G. A Universal Scale of Apparent Temperature. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology
23, 1674–1687 (1984).
5. Osczevski, R. J. The Basis of Wind Chill. Arctic 48, 372–382 (1995).
6. Bluestein, M. & Zecher, J. A New Approach to an Accurate Wind Chill Factor. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 80,
1893–1899 (1999).
7. Steadman, R. G. The free-convective anomaly. 87, 54–73 (2018).
8. Myers, J., Steinberg, M., Sobel, J., Abrams, E. & Myers, E. Method, System, and Software for Calculating a
Multi Factor Temperature Index. (2004). doi:10.1016/j.(73)
9. Myers, J., Steinberg, M., Sobel, J., Abrams, E. & Myers, E. Method, System, and Software for Calculating a
Multi Factor Temperature Index. (2007). doi:10.1016/j.(73)
10. Osczevski, R. & Bluestein, M. Equivalent Temperature. 1453–1458 (2005). doi:10.1175/BAMS-86-10-1453
Supplement: Windchill Calculation