Summer arrives, rain increases for the weekend and it gets hot! 🌞☔🥵🌡

“Isn’t it ironic ... don’t you think?”

Hey Insiders! Meteorologist Troy Bridges here.

Do you remember that song? Most of the things mentioned in it weren’t ACTUALLY ironic (But that’s a story for another day. Lol).

You’re probably wondering why I’m mentioning an old ‘90s song here. Well, it was pretty ironic on the first day of summer to have temperatures BELOW the average with NO rain.

Usually afternoon thunderstorms and hot temperatures DEFINE our summers here in Central Florida. So, it was a little ironic “don’t ya think,” when we had the opposite kind of weather on the first day of summer?

Don’t get used to any “cooler” temperatures or low rain chances. Temperatures are certainly hot today! Daytona Beach hit 100 for the first time since 1999.

For more on this weekend’s rain, click here.

🪐My Very Observant Mother Just Bought Us Nine Pizzas🍕

I’m not crazy! But I could go for some pizza! Meteorologist Jonathan Kegges with you. Remember that saying from elementary school to remember the order of the planets? Anyway, part of that will come in handy tomorrow as we reach peak planetary alignment in our pre-dawn sky. Say that five times fast. For the better part of this month, the five naked eye planets have been lined up in order before sunrise.

Tomorrow will be peak viewing for the rare, in-order alignment. Click here for more on when and where to look! Happy viewing.

On the tropical front, the NHC has highlighted the first wave in nearly three weeks with a small chance for development. If it does develop it will be pretty rare for a wave from Africa to develop in June or early July.

If you want to stay up-to-date on everything Tropics, I would love if you sign up for my Tropics Watch Newsletter. One was delivered this morning to update you on this little wave. Anytime there is something going, you will be the first to know. You can also subscribe to the News 6 YouTube channel to receive the Tropics Watch update every Sunday.

Roasting through 2022 🌏♨️

It should not come as a big surprise that we have been seeing warmer than usual weather across the country lately. Hey Pinpoint Insiders, it’s meteorologist Candace Campos here finding any excuse to go in the pool lately. But did you know the Earth is on trend to seeing another top 10 hottest years on record? Click here to see how we rank now that we are in the halfway mark of 2022.

On the topic of hot weather, check out this list of splash pads to help the kids stay cool this summer. Tap here for the link.

🌡️Forecasting Change: Show your stripes 2022🌡️

Did you see me “Showing my stripes” this week? Chief meteorologist Tom Sorrells here. I posted this picture on Facebook and other social media sites Tuesday afternoon.

I posted it on the first day of summer to draw attention to the warming our planet has undergone in the Industrial Age. Other TV meteorologists across the country did the same time. Click here for more on how much warming has taken place over the years.

⚡ Summer time is most active for lightning fatalities ⚡

It’s summer time, so that means more people are out and about doing things in the warm summer sunshine. This is also the most active time for lightning deaths with active summer storms. Hey Insiders, it’s meteorologist Samara Cokinos here to chat all things lightning.

Did you know more people die as a result of lightning in the summer months of June, July and August? Read more about the lightning statistics plus see side effects survivors can suffer with and how they can get help by clicking here.