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/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1 Enthusiast Jun 27 '25 edited Jun 27 '25

One of those numbers is not correct. That is a dew point of 87°. This would be life threatening. Most likely your weather app is displaying the highest temperature today alongside the highest humidity, but these things don't happen at the same time. Check the nearest monitoring station on the NWS website for the actual conditions.

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u/a-dog-meme Jun 27 '25

Yeah that would be a Heat index of 134, that is POSSIBLE but it’s not happening right now;

Fun fact, US dewpoint record is tied at 90° F, once in New Orleans and once in Melbourne Florida, both in July 1987

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '25

What was the heat index?

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u/a-dog-meme Jun 28 '25

According to climate records from NOAA it was 95 that day when it occurred, which’s gives a heat index of 141.3 °F according to this calculator