Kestrel
®
4250 Racing Weather
®
Tracker
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Temperature
The ambient air temperature.
Wet Bulb Temperature
The lowest
temperature
to which a thermometer can be cooled by evaporating water into the air
at constant pressure. This measurement is a holdover from the use of an instrument called a sling
psychrometer. To measure wet bulb temperature with a sling psychrometer, a thermometer with a wet
cloth covering over the bulb is spun rapidly through the air. If the relative humidity is high, there will be
little evaporative cooling and the wet bulb temperature will be quite close to the ambient temperature.
Some exercise physiology guides use
wet bulb temperature
, rather than
heat index
, as a measure of the
safety of exercise in hot and humid conditions.
Wind Chill
The cooling effect of combining wind and temperature. The wind chill gives a more accurate reading of
how cold it really feels to the human body. The Kestrel Meter’s wind chill is based on the National Weather
Service standards as of November 1, 2001.
DEFAULT SETTINGS
UNIT
METRIC
IMPERIAL
Wind Functions
M/s
mph
Temperature Functions
°C
°F
Barometric Pressure
hPa
inHg
Altitude Functions
M
Ft
Time Format
24 hour
12 hour
Date Format
Day/month/year
Month/day/year
Moisture Content
g/kg
gpp
Air Density
kg/m
3
lb/ft
3
Relative Air Density
%
%
SETTING
FACTORY DEFAULT
Automatic
Data Store On
Data Store Rate
1 hour
Data Overwrite
On
Manual Data Store
On
User Screen 1
Temperature, Humidity, Moisture
User Screen 2
Air Density, Relative Air Density, Density Altitude
User Screen 3 (available)
Wind Speed, Dewpoint, Station Pressure
Display Contrast
10
Automatic Shutdown
15 minutes
Language
English
PC Upload
Stored data may be uploaded to a PC with the optional Kestrel Interface.
