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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve noticed from living here for almost 50 years, that in the summer, when it gets above 95 degrees, the likelihood of afternoon thunderstorms occurring and cooling things off diminishes rapidly. At 100 degrees, there’s almost zero chance of a afternoon storm. It will just stay hot into the night.

Storms here occur most frequently at temps in the upper 80’s with high humidity. It’s easier for the air to reach saturation in the 80’s than in the upper 90’s because you need a LOT more water to get there than is required in the 80’s.

So I would not expect afternoon storms if temps are already mid-90’s by lunchtime. [/quote]

The derecho was on a 100 day degree day, I remember seeing the temperature on my phone earlier that day on a walk and being surprised by it. So if you do get a storm on a 100 degree day, safe to say it isn’t good. [/quote]

Derecho was a frontal boundary between two different weather systems.

We’re talking about localized convective thunderstorms. Please learn the difference and try to keep up, ok? [/quote]

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