How to calculate survivability of extremely harsh cold conditions?
I know the title is a little ambiguous. I'm not sure how best to summarize.
I'm trying to find some kind of algorithm or process to determine how quickly one would acquire frostbite or freeze to death in extreme conditions.
I'm less looking for a quick answer, instead looking for a way to calculate or understand the variables.
For example, in temperatures around -10°C/14°F and winds around 120 to 160 mph (or higher), how quickly would that freeze skin or kill a human?
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NWS
About 30 minutes to frostbite in windchill of -20.
You would likely die of hypothermia before you would die from frost bite.
Calculate windchill
Calculate the wind chill using the National Weather Service's new
formula. Multiply the temperature by 0.6215 and then add 35.74.
Subtract 35.75 multiplied by the wind speed calculated to the 0.16
power. Finally, add 0.4275 multiplied by temperature, multiplied by
wind speed calculated to the 0.16 power. Your result is defined as
T(wc), which equals the current local wind chill factor.
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