Can a humidex indicator be added under the humidity. This can be a very useful piece of weather information

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How is the humidex calculated?
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The Humidex formula is based on the work of J.M. Masterton and F.A. Richardson at the Atmospheric Environment Service (now MSC) of Environment Canada in 1979. It is a standard for Canada, but variations are used around the world. The dew point temperature should be given in kelvins (temperature in K = temperature in °C + 273.16) for the formula to work. The magic number 5417.7530 is a rounded constant; it's based on the molecular weight of water, latent heat of evaporation, and the universal gas constant.

e = vapour pressure in hPa (mbar), given by:
e = 6.11 * exp [5417.7530 * ( (1/273.16) - (1/dewpoint) ) ]

h = (0.5555)*(e - 10.0);
humidex = (air temperature) + h

from Environment Canada web site

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Vadim Rutkovsky (roignac) said :
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I've submitted this as a feature request

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Converted to a bug report