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|    Norm Why to All    |
|    Re: Infrared temperature gun    |
|    15 Apr 20 06:06:53    |
      From: nobody@microsoft.com              >>> 49° 10' 31"N       >>> 123° 56'43"W       >>>       >>> Don't got out into the Sun without Winter clothing.       >>>       6:04 AM April 15, 2020       >>>       IR Raman: Sky -32.9C.       >>>       IR Sky -32.0C.       >>>       Ground: IR Raman -3.2C.       >>>        IR -2.7C.       >       > These reading seem to back the message from the TIC. Earth's atmosphere       > (sky) is losing heat energy into space. The ground follows and radiates       > heat energy into the sky. Air convects sideways from across the Pacific       > and air temperature is another independent variable. In fact air is       > subject to adiabatic warming when it slides down from Mt. Benson.       >       > The ground readings are probably a measure of night time cooling and the       > thermal inertia of the tarmac.       >       > The sky reading may be more universal at this latitude. It may be globally       > predictive.       >       > Probably the best cold readings are obtained just before dawn when the Sun       > heats the sky.       >              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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