miguel de cervantes
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_Johnsy said:
Any temperature measurements that you find on either weatherzone or BoM (they are the same measurementns in any case) should not be affected by tarmac and what not. These things are carefully controlled.
The observations which you are quoting were taken by the Automatic Weather Station located exactly here: --->
http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&hl=fr&geocode=&q=19.2483%C2%B0S+146.7661%C2%B0E&ie=UTF8&ll=-19.2483,146.7661&spn=0.045459,0.09407&t=h&z=14&om=1
Going by the AWS, the airport was under the influence of a sea breeze as early as 10am the Sunday morning, the temperature struggled to a maximum of 27.3°C at 13:39 and hung around 26°C for the duration of the football game, which whilst taking part further to the south was almost certainly under the influence of the sea breeze also. The dewpoints, a more useful measure of humidity, of around 15°C for the duration of the game were not particularly humid for Townsville. All in all the conditions were pretty much dead on average for a september Townsville.
Sitting in the sun or playing footy is of course a little hotter though than these temperatures here because they are all taken in the shade. The weatherzone 'feels like' temperature throughout the afternoon was 27°C taking into account the heat index and wind speeds. However, because the grandstand and the field are much more protected from the wind compared to the airport which is at 4m ASL, with nothing in between it and the ocean and windspeeds taken at the standard 15m above the ground to try and negate turbulence effects, I'd say it probably would have felt closer to 30°C sitting in the stand.
What has all of this got to do with football? Nothing. Close the god damn thread.
