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|    Norm Why to All    |
|    Re: Infrared temperature gun    |
|    16 Apr 20 06:51:47    |
      From: nobody@microsoft.com              >>>> 49° 10' 31"N       >>>> 123° 56'43"W       >>>>       >>>> Don't got out into the Sun without Winter clothing.       >>>>       6:48 AM April 16, 2020       >>>>       IR Raman: Sky -35.5C.       >>>>       > IR Sky -39.3C.       >>>>       Ground: IR Raman -2.1C.       >>>>        IR -1.6C.       >>       >> 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.              Today's readings were taken after Sunrise.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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