"Matt Barrow" wrote:


Ever hear of "Heat Index"?

Matt,

What the poster rather rudely objected to was your quoted RH of 90%
and temp of 104 F. The dew points during the 1995 Chicago heat wave
(which I'll assume you were referring to) were in the upper 70s
(degrees F) and lower 80s, which translate to a RH of about 50% during
the peak temps of the day. Of course, the RH would shoot up to over
90% as the temperatures dropped during the night so your quote of 90%
RH wasn't entirely incorrect. You remain correct in the thrust of
your argument: The heat index in Chicago (temp: 104 F, DP: 80 F) was
127 F and the heat index for your Phoenix example (temp: 120 F, RH:
6%) was 111 F. As for that rude poster, it is indeed unfortunate that
some people in usenet seek to bolster their weak egos by rudely trying
to instigate a ****ing contest when a simple polite correction would
suffice. The poster in this case took a friendly thread and turned it
ugly with a single post. Congrats, "Dan Luke", do you feel better
about yourself now?

- Ken -