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2023-07-04 11:56:17 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FC712D276D04F3021FBB30337CF7D40E643EF898B20E7CF5424A023BFDDB825B
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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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