Instead of wind chill the proper term is wet bulb depression. As water evaporates from the thermometer bulb it cools the bulb (heat of vaporization). Unless you are using an very sensitive instant read thermometer, the effect is negligible. The thermal effect of water that evaporates is small relative to the thermal mass of the bulb. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jul 07 2002 - 19:24:17 PDT
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