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2023-07-04 00:18:41 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5A1A50D2054C9CCDB070275FD13615E0B2E6CC1A01994CAAC8BC3A772175C296
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Original Note:
The author is conflating "Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature" (WBGT) with "Wet-bulb temperature" (WBT). The temperatures displayed in the map and discussed in the article are referring to WBGT. Recommendations for high WBGT: https://www.weather.gov/tsa/wbgt More info on WBT and WBGT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_globe_temperature
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