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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh
Greetings, all!
I'm curious about the various nuances of cold hazards.
Fast wind forces HT checks to occur every 15 or 10 minutes instead of every 30. However, fast winds also reduce the effective temperature, which adds penalties to the HT roll. I don't get it. This looks suspiciously like double dipping. I thought that effective temperature from wind chill already includes the nastier cooling in such weathers. But it seems that as-is, -30°F real temperature at zero wind is better than -30°F effective temperature with fast wind (i.e. when the temperature is much higher, but counts as -30°F after adjustment for wind). What gives?
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In my experience, though not at -30°F (and seriously, I had to use Google to figure how cold that was in units I can understand). not having any wind at all makes it feel as it's not as cold as the thermometer says.