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just out of interest, how one has to understand weather apps telling us the temperature is 36, but "real feel" is 44 (OOOOPPSS) as it happened in BKK in late April? What does determine the "real feel" ?

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3 hours ago, siam2007 said:

just out of interest, how one has to understand weather apps telling us the temperature is 36, but "real feel" is 44 (OOOOPPSS) as it happened in BKK in late April? What does determine the "real feel" ?

It's from the heat index, which factors in the relative humidity.  Think of what happens when putting water over hot stones in a sauna. The temperature doesn't change, but it feels very much hotter.

 

Here's a good explanation:

 

https://www.ambientweather.com/heind.html

 

That's why a temperature reading without a humidity reading is quite useless. When I adjust my aircon thermostats I take into consideration the humidity to determine what temperature I'll set.

 

 

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