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Offline rangerrebew

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TV Forecasts Use Heat Index To Inflate Climate Fears, Mislead Viewers On Real Temps
« on: August 12, 2025, 12:43:33 pm »
TV Forecasts Use Heat Index To Inflate Climate Fears, Mislead Viewers On Real Temps
How the TV weather 'heat index' became a climate propaganda tool.
by Anthony Watts  August 12, 2025, 10:03 AM
 
Every summer, TV meteorologists across the United States increasingly trumpet the “heat index” as an important headline number. [emphasis, links added]


But that figure — the infamous “feels like” temperature — is a calculated estimate, not the actual air temperature. Its overuse smacks more of sensationalism than scientific clarity.

For example, WFLA in Tampa, Florida, recently announced an all-time record heat index, declaring that “this is the highest heat index ever recorded.”

It wasn’t recorded. It isn’t a measurement. So, that’s false.

The heat index is a formula developed by the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) based on Robert G. Steadman’s 1979 paper “The Assessment of Sultriness.” Before that, it didn’t exist.

https://climatechangedispatch.com/tv-forecasts-heat-index-climate-fears/
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Re: TV Forecasts Use Heat Index To Inflate Climate Fears, Mislead Viewers On Real Temps
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2025, 05:53:44 pm »
"TV Forecasts Use Heat Index To Inflate Climate Fears, Mislead Viewers On Real Temps"

I haven't watched a television weather forecast in a LONG time.

Today, you can get more info from the 10-day forecast at wunderground.com
and
... the local radar at weather.com.

One no longer needs a weatherman to know which way the wind blows...
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