Used to be annoyed you only get outside air temp. What good even is that info?https://twitter.com/starsandrobots/status/914244912287293441 …
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Realized recently that since the atmosphere has a consistent thermal lapse rate, temperature is like a stealthy altimeter! 
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Yeah you def notice on mountain hikes. Sweating like crazy at bottom and freezing cold at top. Very noticeable every 1k ft. gain or so.
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Only in the troposphere, and only if there's no temperature inversion shenanigans happening.
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The speed of sound is related to temperature, I think this is important for calculating Mach speed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outside_air_temperature …
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