Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-04 05:44:20 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DF7D0B2689663E1EF0AF1231EE3DFA9BAAE81A33F0A6C86B52DE648C2EE27941
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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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