At 18:33 05-01-99 EST, Bluecanoe2_at_aol.com wrote: > > >In a message dated 1/5/1999 10:42:12 AM EST, CHUCK_at_multitech.com writes: > ><< I considered wading into the river after my takeout, but the current > and the knowledge that I would be standing around in a windchill below > zero afterward dissuaded me. I know others who have done it, though, > and it is something I would like to try in other circumstances -- say, > just as the ice is going off the city lakes. >> > >Windchill is the calculated effect the wind has on wet skin, not on clothed, >dry suited skin. Although the wind does have an effect on the amount of heat >removed from your body through teh insulation layers and the dry or wet suit. >The effect is similar, but not the same. It is like measuring apples and >oranges. > >John LeBlanc You are technically correct, but then what do you call the thermal effect of wind on a wet drysuit? At eight degrees F. with a strong wind blowing, the surface of a wet drysuit would be much colder in the air than in the water -- at least, until the moisture froze. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 06 1999 - 07:02:57 PST
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