Should they make a 'real feel' humidity? (hot, records, temperature)

[Ethereal]

For example -

Actual humidity: 50%
Real feel: 43%

When it's cold and windy the air can be quite damp, but the overall coolness makes it 'feel' like the air is drier. Also, when it's very hot the humidity may not be that high, but the heat sort of makes it feel 'more' humid. That's why I think a humidity-based 'real feel' would be a good factor.

Should they make a 'feel like' or 'real feel' based on the humidity? Can it actually work?

[jackmccullough]

Isn't that sort of what the temperature-humidity index is? (I recognize it includes a temperature factor.)

[Ethereal]

Originally Posted by jackmccullough

Isn't that sort of what the temperature-humidity index is? (I recognize it includes a temperature factor.)

No. The humidex involves the temperature. So, higher humidity and high temps; makes the temps feel even higher - That's not what I'm talking about, but it's similar.

The 'real feel' humidity records the actual humidity and also tell you what the humidity really 'feels' like. Sometimes when it's cold, the humidity may be in the 60s, but it feels drier because of the cold air. So that's when they can use the 'real feel' humidity.

[Azula]

Wouldn't that be relative humidity? If not, how would you measure the subjective feeling of dry vs humid air? Some of the effects of weather we feel are indirect and caused by several factors. I don't know whether we can always measure that directly.

[divisionbyzero0]

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