Daily Link, Goodies and A Lot other things page (daily.shtml) | Updated: 03-Dec-2008 - 00:43
Tools, goodies and reference for the Curt Sheller Publications web site development.
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
IDITAROD XXXVI Ceremonial Start - 10 a.m., First Saturday in March
From the old MPW to CodeWarrior I've used a lot of tools on my Mac. BBEdit is my main application for coding my web site and always kept upgraded. Just recently started fooling with TextMate and Ruby and Ruby on Rails.
Wind chill is the apparent temperature felt on exposed skin, which is a function of the air temperature and wind speed. The wind chill temperature (often popularly called the wind chill factor) is always lower than the air temperature, except at higher temperatures where wind chill is considered less important. In cases where the apparent temperature is higher than the air temperature, the heat index is used instead.
A good example of the difference between heat index and true temperature would be comparing the climates of Miami and Phoenix. Miami averages around 90 °F in summer due to the easterly trade winds coming from the Atlantic Ocean, but it has a high humidity (e.g. 75%). Phoenix averages around 104 °F in summer, but typically has a low humidity (e.g. 10%). According to the heat index, the relative temperature in Miami will be 109.5 °F, but the relative temperature in Phoenix will be lowered due to the lower humidity, to around 98.6 °F. Given clear skies, Miami is likely to feel hotter than Phoenix.
Charts based on Temperature & Dewpoint and also one for Temperature & Relative Humidity