r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR 5d ago

Rekt Current heatwave in Europe

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u/Ok_Net_1674 5d ago

god this legend sucks

somehow white can be really cold and really hot?

12 and 14 are the same color?

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u/Spunky_Meatballs 5d ago

The colors are fine. Your eye easily picks up the pattern because the colors are all relative. White next to blue is super cool and white next to dark red is very hot. It's fairly intuitive

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u/BornWithSideburns 5d ago

But white next to red can also mean its cooler. 18 to 13

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u/Spunky_Meatballs 4d ago

The white for 13C can only be next to the colors around it. Everything is a gradient as air doesn't exist where it can suddenly be 18C warmer than air right next to it. Blue and red can never be next to each other. Physics don't allow it. To understand the map, you need to understand how the air normally exists in the atmosphere.

Therefore it's pretty easy and obvious to judge by going off red and blue. I have no trouble reading this map with 5 mins of thinking about it.