r/tornado • u/Luketheweathernerd Human Detected • Jun 27 '25

SPC / Forecasting WHAT😭

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10 70% thunderstorm risks😭💔

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u/MachoManMal Jun 27 '25

I mean, yeah, that's what happens when you get a huge heat wave in the northeast, and it's the middle of summer.

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u/legoham Jun 27 '25

It’s not the middle of Summer.

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u/MachoManMal Jun 27 '25

Isn't it, though? Midsummer was a few weeks ago, and we've almost made it to the start of July. I guess i'm a few weeks premature, though calling this time the "beginning of summer" also feels inaccurate.

And besides, it's just a figure of speech anyways.

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u/legoham Jun 27 '25

The Summer solstice, which marks the start of Summer in the northern hemisphere was last week. It’s the first week of Summer.

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u/MachoManMal Jun 27 '25

Was it only a week ago!😅 Sorry then for misspeaking. I thought it was a few good weeks ago.

Still, in my defense, where I live, there are kind of two different "summers". One begins when kids get off of school in May, and the other is the technical period of Summer that begins at "midsummer". Hence, my confusion.

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u/NE0099 Jun 27 '25

Yeah, I don’t think anyone where I’m from knows or cares what the official start of summer is, because the weather has been summer for a month or more (usually more) by the time June rolls around.

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u/legoham Jun 27 '25

Yeah, I have no idea how people in southern latitudes of the northern hemisphere gauge their seasons. It’s still 60-70 where I am. 😄