Summary

A NEW WIND CHILL CHART MAKES THE WIND CHILL FACTOR MORE ACCURATE.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 219346
Story Slug New Wind Chill
Location Denver, Colorado
Format PKG
Date 11/30/2001
Archive Time 1:02:34
TRT 1:41
Supers Denver, Colorado Brian Howard, Valet Bob Glancy, National Weather Service Casey Curry, Reporting
Video Description MAN GETTING OUT OF CAR, VALETS, CARS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, WOMAN SHOVELING, SOT, MAN AT COMPUTER, CU OF SCREEN, SOT, PAN OF COMPUTER SCREEN, WOMAN SHOVELING SIDEWALK, NEW WINDCHILL CHART, SOT, ICY ROAD SIGN FLASHING, MAN IN CAR SOT, MAN DRIVING AWAY.
Description A NEW WIND CHILL CHART MAKES THE WIND CHILL FACTOR MORE ACCURATE.
Script EXPOSURE TO LOW WIND CHILL CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. A NEW WIND CHILL CHART WAS JUST DEVELOPED TO MAKE THE WIND CHILL FACTOR MORE ACCURATE THAN EVER. CASEY CURRY REPORTS FROM DENVER. (TAKE PKG) IT'S COLD...BUT NOT TOO WINDY TONIGHT. THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR BRIAN AND STEVE HOWARD...BROTHERS...WHO VALET AT COOL RIVER. THE COMBINED EFFECT OF WIND AND LOW TEMPERATURE MAKE UP THE WIND CHILL. AS WIND INCREASES, HEAT IS CARRIED AWAY FROM THE BODY AT A FASTER RATE...DRIVING DOWN YOUR BODY TEMPERATURE. (SOT- "When the wind factor starts coming in it makes your body a lot more cold, and then when you breathe it in you feel the chill right away.") THIS WINTER, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS A NEW WAY OF CALCULATING WIND CHILL. (SOT- "Realize the old wind chill chart was developed in World War Two, and how many other things are we using that were developed fiftyfive years ago. We have better medicine now, better technology, better computers and we knew the old wind chill chart was not as accurate as it could be.") THAT MEANS A MORE REALISTIC LOOK AT AT HOW WIND AND COLD IMPACT YOUR BODY. THE NEW CHART IS CONSIDERABLY WARMER THAN THE OLD CHART. ANY WAY YOU FIGURE IT, THE WIND MAKES IT FEEL COLDER. (SOT- "Your nose hairs can freeze up, depending on how windy it is.") THE KEY IS TO FIND WAYS TO BEAT THE COLD. (SOT- "You can also get in the cars and stay warm as well that kind of helps you out.") WHATEVER IT TAKES TO STAY WARM IN THE BITTER COLD. 0600
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