2007-02-15 13:35:42 · 9 answers · asked by Jeanna A 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
becasue we are warm blooded living creatures, the cold air pushing on your skin(which is heated by your blood) causes your skin to feel colder by the force of the wind. Thus creating a wind chill. This makes the air feel colder than it really is. I fel it down here in Florida even. I live near the beach and that Gulf breeze makes the air blowing down from the Northern states feel much colder.
it's really in the 50s out but it feels like 47 or 48. brrrrr!
2007-02-15 13:39:13 · answer #1 · answered by Cuddly Lez 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A strong wind will make you feel colder, no matter what season it is. The faster the air moves across your body, the faster the rate of evaporation of moisture from your skin. This is how the body regulates and maintains a constant temperature. The body sweats, and as the moisture is evaporated, the excess heat from your body is transferred into the air. The hotter it is outside, the more you will sweat... but your skin will respire, even if it is cold outside. Moisture in the air will contact your skin, and when it evaporates off again, it will produce the same effect. So, even if you are not sweating, a cold breeze will still make you feel even colder. The more moisture in the air, the greater the chilling effect.
2007-02-15 13:56:04 · answer #2 · answered by David T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is wind chill. The cold air moving over your skin makes it feel even colder than it is. It accelerates heat loss from the skin.
2007-02-15 13:49:17 · answer #3 · answered by don_antonowicz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the wind chill. If you were to be inside a box outside with the wind blowing you would not feel the chill. You would just feel the ambient temperature,the temp that is actually around you, the temp the air actually is. This is true for all seasons.
2007-02-15 13:43:52 · answer #4 · answered by justme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most deifnitely it does. Georgia had a low temperature of 29 here a few days ago and I was riding my Harley back home after midnight doing 25 mph, if that tells anything...brrrrrrrrrr, I was frozen when I got home.
My eyes started to tear and my nose which are early signs of freezing skin cells and it bites
The body has a very good way of letting you know your in trouble.
I would expect that the windchill at 25 mph on a Harley headed home was about 12o above Zero which basically hurts.
If it had been a low of 20 I could not have driven home and arrived in one piece.
2007-02-19 10:44:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because with the already cold air, the wind just makes it worst causing the wind chill factor to drop dramatically
2007-02-17 06:15:43 · answer #6 · answered by Justin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wind chill factor. the wind blows the heat away from your body.
2007-02-15 13:38:21 · answer #7 · answered by 1dayatatime 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, the way that we measure that cold from wind is called a windchill.
2007-02-15 13:38:25 · answer #8 · answered by ClimateRox 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is the wind chill factor
2007-02-15 13:38:43 · answer #9 · answered by Suednim 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋