Since these are the two ingredients for the wind chill, it tells the complete story. The map defaults to the current wind chill but also has a selection at the top where you can change the map to view temperature and wind speed/direction. It can also be accessed via the menu in the top left (Menu à Weather à Wind Chill) The Kansas Mesonet makes viewing the wind chill very easy! We have put together a webpage depicting the current wind chill via a gradient map here. Wind chills can be determined by the following chart from the National Weather Service ( ): Exposure time estimations of frostbite issues at 0 degrees F with no wind is 30 minutes, while 0 oF and 55 mph winds are less than 10 minutes of exposure. This colder “feels like” temperature can make you feel chilled quicker and lead to other problems such as frostbite much quicker. This means that despite it being 0 oF on a very cold morning when factoring in the wind (for example, 20 mph), it can feel like a much colder temperature (in this example, -22 oF). Wind chill values decrease as the wind increases and/or the temperature decreases. Wind chill can be calculated in two ways: 1) using the chart below or 2) mathematically. When temperatures drop below 50 oF and wind speeds are greater than five mph, the “Feels Like” temperature is lower than the actual temperature. ![]() The “feels like” temperature is also usually influenced by the wind. ![]() However, the temperature does not always give the air that nip. The forecast for the coming week consists of bitter cold air, the coldest of the 2023/2024 winter season thus far. By Christopher “Chip” Redmond, Kansas Mesonet Manager, via Agronomy eUpdates
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