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Atmospheric scientist, storm chaser, adventurer, teacher, author. Senior meteorologist at @MyRadarWX. Usually found frolicking in giant hail. Harvard/MIT 🌪

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Wondering why the storms in northern New England failed to materialize (thus far)? A thick blanket of Canadian wildfire smoke — impossible to fully anticipate — shrouded the skies, reducing solar heating and storm fuel.

Wondering why the storms in northern New England failed to materialize (thus far)? A thick blanket of Canadian wildfire smoke — impossible to fully anticipate — shrouded the skies, reducing solar heating and storm fuel.

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BREAKING: #Kilauea is erupting on the Big Island of #Hawaii. The eruption began at 4:44 a.m. HST. Sulfur dioxide and water vapor spewed from the volcano are reacting to produce vog, or volcanic smog, which can have adverse health effects. Volcanologists still assessing risks.

BREAKING: #Kilauea is erupting on the Big Island of #Hawaii. The eruption began at 4:44 a.m. HST. Sulfur dioxide and water vapor spewed from the volcano are reacting to produce vog, or volcanic smog, which can have adverse health effects. Volcanologists still assessing risks.

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Absolutely speechless. I selected this apartment so I could watch the planes take off and land every night; never imagined I’d look out the window to see this. Praying for the folks onboard American Airlines Flight 5342. I’m so sorry I can’t string together a better sentence.

Absolutely speechless. I selected this apartment so I could watch the planes take off and land every night; never imagined I’d look out the window to see this. Praying for the folks onboard American Airlines Flight 5342. I’m so sorry I can’t string together a better sentence.

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These are good fireworks but nothing compares to anvil crawlers on the back side of an MCS. 😍

These are good fireworks but nothing compares to anvil crawlers on the back side of an MCS. 😍

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Here's a preview of what will air in July. Working on a piece about the dangers of AI imagery in realtime weather alerting:

Here's a preview of what will air in July. Working on a piece about the dangers of AI imagery in realtime weather alerting:

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A series of bizarre boundary interactions may have just produced a brief accidental tornado north of Thedford, Nebraska.

A series of bizarre boundary interactions may have just produced a brief accidental tornado north of Thedford, Nebraska.

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NEW YORK CITY: Prepare for air qualities WORSE than yesterday. Likely in the code red to code purple category. A wall of dense wildfire smoke will arrive by noon. — Visibilities below 3 miles — You’ll taste the smoke — Your eyes will sting EVERYONE should avoid the outdoors.

NEW YORK CITY: Prepare for air qualities WORSE than yesterday. Likely in the code red to code purple category. A wall of dense wildfire smoke will arrive by noon. — Visibilities below 3 miles — You’ll taste the smoke — Your eyes will sting EVERYONE should avoid the outdoors.

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Puking on national TV. I think my television career has peaked.

Puking on national TV. I think my television career has peaked.

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Daylight dawns on a tragic scene at Reagan National Airport. Praying for the victims, families and responders.

Daylight dawns on a tragic scene at Reagan National Airport. Praying for the victims, families and responders.

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It you live in Los Angeles, shut your windows and turn off your vents to the outside — the air quality is hazardous. You can visualize air quality in the MyRadar Weather map. The bull’s eye of hazardous air is directly over the nation’s second-largest city.

It you live in Los Angeles, shut your windows and turn off your vents to the outside — the air quality is hazardous. You can visualize air quality in the MyRadar Weather map. The bull’s eye of hazardous air is directly over the nation’s second-largest city.

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I will never be able to re-live the magic of finding what, for like 12 minutes, was a record hailstone. 🤣 Now I have to drive into every hail core until I find a watermelon.

I will never be able to re-live the magic of finding what, for like 12 minutes, was a record hailstone. 🤣 Now I have to drive into every hail core until I find a watermelon.

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GIANT TORNADO AND SOFTBALLS entering Morton, Texas area!

GIANT TORNADO AND SOFTBALLS entering Morton, Texas area!

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This rotating wall cloud came SO close to producing a tornado near Grissom Air Force Base in Indiana, but has since disintegrated.

This rotating wall cloud came SO close to producing a tornado near Grissom Air Force Base in Indiana, but has since disintegrated.

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$Truly incredible. The 10 inches that fell in Milton, Florida absolutely obliterates the previous STATE record of 4 inches set back in 1954. When we talk about records, we usually set new ones by fractions or hair... not 250% of the previous record. Just mind-boggling.$

Truly incredible. The 10 inches that fell in Milton, Florida absolutely obliterates the previous STATE record of 4 inches set back in 1954. When we talk about records, we usually set new ones by fractions or hair... not 250% of the previous record. Just mind-boggling.

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“Despite being a scientist, I’m a faithful person, and I said a prayer… Please keep the folks in Jamaica in your thoughts.”

“Despite being a scientist, I’m a faithful person, and I said a prayer… Please keep the folks in Jamaica in your thoughts.”

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Dear goodness. The cell northwest of Fort Worth is moving southeast. It has two areas of rotation, both of which may be producing tornadoes. It just whipped both circulations westward… a highly deviant motion… AND its mesocyclones MAY be Fujiwhara-ing. Graphic from MyRadar Weather.

Dear goodness. The cell northwest of Fort Worth is moving southeast. It has two areas of rotation, both of which may be producing tornadoes. It just whipped both circulations westward… a highly deviant motion… AND its mesocyclones MAY be Fujiwhara-ing. Graphic from MyRadar Weather.

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Baseball hail and big tornado in Minnesota:

Baseball hail and big tornado in Minnesota:

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TENNIS BALLS with the storm that just passed through Chickasaw, Oklahoma!

TENNIS BALLS with the storm that just passed through Chickasaw, Oklahoma!

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ROCKET LAUNCH over Washington D.C.! Look at this... the SpaceX Falcon 9 just launched from Cape Canaveral at 6:13 p.m., and we got to see it in the DMV! It was more than 150 miles above the ground, so its plume caught the sunlight. A more peaceful scene over DCA tonight:

ROCKET LAUNCH over Washington D.C.! Look at this... the SpaceX Falcon 9 just launched from Cape Canaveral at 6:13 p.m., and we got to see it in the DMV! It was more than 150 miles above the ground, so its plume caught the sunlight. A more peaceful scene over DCA tonight:

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BREAKING: Milton is a Category 5 hurricane with winds up to 160 mph. That is a 70 mph uptick in barely 13 hours – nearly quadrupling the rate of strengthening needed for "rapid intensification." The storm is just offshore of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Wilma-like pinhole eye.

BREAKING: Milton is a Category 5 hurricane with winds up to 160 mph. That is a 70 mph uptick in barely 13 hours – nearly quadrupling the rate of strengthening needed for "rapid intensification." The storm is just offshore of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Wilma-like pinhole eye.

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أصدقاؤنا في الشرق الأوسط، إليكم موجزًا شاملًا عن الأحوال الجوية القاسية ليوم الخميس. المخاطر الرئيسية: • أمطار غزيرة وفيضانات محتملة • رياح عاتية متفرقة • احتمال حدوث عواصف ترابية • تساقط حبات برد كبيرة متفرقة • احتمال حدوث أعاصير.

أصدقاؤنا في الشرق الأوسط، إليكم موجزًا شاملًا عن الأحوال الجوية القاسية ليوم الخميس. المخاطر الرئيسية: • أمطار غزيرة وفيضانات محتملة • رياح عاتية متفرقة • احتمال حدوث عواصف ترابية • تساقط حبات برد كبيرة متفرقة • احتمال حدوث أعاصير.

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BREAKING: United Airlines 512 continues to remain in an isolated area at Reagan National Airport. A large emergency presence is visible. ATC said "I'm sorry to have to do this to you... We have an unconfirmed bomb report... We've got to get you away from the airport."

BREAKING: United Airlines 512 continues to remain in an isolated area at Reagan National Airport. A large emergency presence is visible. ATC said "I'm sorry to have to do this to you... We have an unconfirmed bomb report... We've got to get you away from the airport."

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What a HORRIBLE forecast by meteorologists – especially myself. Not only were we spectacularly wrong – we communicated poorly. It became apparent last night that some of our initial expectations would prove fallacious. I'd like to address what went wrong with our forecast:

What a HORRIBLE forecast by meteorologists – especially myself. Not only were we spectacularly wrong – we communicated poorly. It became apparent last night that some of our initial expectations would prove fallacious. I'd like to address what went wrong with our forecast:

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This is why we tell folks to NEVER seek shelter inside a vehicle. This car near Effingham, Illinois was thrown into a fields, rolled and impaled. As a last resort, seek shelter inside a ditch and cover your head — but never stay inside the car.

This is why we tell folks to NEVER seek shelter inside a vehicle. This car near Effingham, Illinois was thrown into a fields, rolled and impaled. As a last resort, seek shelter inside a ditch and cover your head — but never stay inside the car.

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NEW: The NTSB has released footage of the damage swath following the explosive crash of UPS Flight 2976, whose left #1 engine detached and fell off during takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky on Tuesday. The death toll has risen to 13, including 10 persons on the ground, with another 8+ people unaccounted for. The damage swath is approximately a half mile long.

NEW: The NTSB has released footage of the damage swath following the explosive crash of UPS Flight 2976, whose left #1 engine detached and fell off during takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky on Tuesday. The death toll has risen to 13, including 10 persons on the ground, with another 8+ people unaccounted for. The damage swath is approximately a half mile long.

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An old snippet from my former life as a TV weatherman — in June 2023, a similar outbreak of Canadian wildfires brought a shroud of smoke to much of the northeastern U.S. Here was a 90-second on-air forecast I did during the morning show explaining the climate link:

An old snippet from my former life as a TV weatherman — in June 2023, a similar outbreak of Canadian wildfires brought a shroud of smoke to much of the northeastern U.S. Here was a 90-second on-air forecast I did during the morning show explaining the climate link:

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A reminder to residents of the Deep South — this is what tornadoes today may look like. You see it? Me neither. But it’s barely four football fields away. That’s what happens when you have waterlogged storms, rain-wrapped circulations and a grungy airmass. Same thing today.

A reminder to residents of the Deep South — this is what tornadoes today may look like. You see it? Me neither. But it’s barely four football fields away. That’s what happens when you have waterlogged storms, rain-wrapped circulations and a grungy airmass. Same thing today.

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Ah yes — the May 30, 2025 Tall Timbers, Maryland tornado that NWS Sterling refused to confirm. (And yes, I said refused... there were emails, a phone call, etc.) Despite damage reports, video confirmation and a lengthy editorial, the tornado appears in no official database.

Ah yes — the May 30, 2025 Tall Timbers, Maryland tornado that NWS Sterling refused to confirm. (And yes, I said refused... there were emails, a phone call, etc.) Despite damage reports, video confirmation and a lengthy editorial, the tornado appears in no official database.

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AccuWeather is doubling down, arguing the non-tropical nor’easter should have been named. It seems that meteorologists SHOULD understand why it wasn’t. As I say in my video, “I’m MyRadar senior meteorologist Matthew Cappucci. We’ll never BS you, because we’re better than that.”

AccuWeather is doubling down, arguing the non-tropical nor’easter should have been named. It seems that meteorologists SHOULD understand why it wasn’t. As I say in my video, “I’m MyRadar senior meteorologist Matthew Cappucci. We’ll never BS you, because we’re better than that.”

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One of the weirder moments of storm chasing in 2026 — the June 11 Ipava, Illinois tornado formed from what was barely a rain shower. But it got a helpful “nudge” from an approaching squall line and tightened. We streamed LIVE in MyRadar Weather:

One of the weirder moments of storm chasing in 2026 — the June 11 Ipava, Illinois tornado formed from what was barely a rain shower. But it got a helpful “nudge” from an approaching squall line and tightened. We streamed LIVE in MyRadar Weather:

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Ultra-close tornado intercept moments ago near Cool, Texas with EF1 damage confirmed. The tornado ask was rain-wrapped at times:

Ultra-close tornado intercept moments ago near Cool, Texas with EF1 damage confirmed. The tornado ask was rain-wrapped at times:

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WILD backside winds to 100-110 mph in between buildings in downtown Sarasota. Traffic light flew off pole in front of me. Water rising in downtown. Debris flying by like missiles.

WILD backside winds to 100-110 mph in between buildings in downtown Sarasota. Traffic light flew off pole in front of me. Water rising in downtown. Debris flying by like missiles.

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The cold front that plowed through the central U.S. is comparable to the most intense “blue northers” in history — like the November 11, 1911 one. Springfield, Mo. went from 80° to 40° in 10 minutes, hit 13°, and set a record high/low in same day.

The cold front that plowed through the central U.S. is comparable to the most intense “blue northers” in history — like the November 11, 1911 one. Springfield, Mo. went from 80° to 40° in 10 minutes, hit 13°, and set a record high/low in same day.

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لا يزال الكثير من الناس يتساءلون عن دوافعي لتغطية توقعات الطقس في منطقة الشرق الأوسط. الأمر بسيط: إنه موضوعٌ بالغُ الجاذبية. فأنا عالمٌ في الغلاف الجوي، والغلاف الجوي يشهدُ حالياً ظواهرَ تستحقُ النقاش. ملاحظةٌ في ختام فيديو توقعات الطقس لهذا اليوم:

لا يزال الكثير من الناس يتساءلون عن دوافعي لتغطية توقعات الطقس في منطقة الشرق الأوسط. الأمر بسيط: إنه موضوعٌ بالغُ الجاذبية. فأنا عالمٌ في الغلاف الجوي، والغلاف الجوي يشهدُ حالياً ظواهرَ تستحقُ النقاش. ملاحظةٌ في ختام فيديو توقعات الطقس لهذا اليوم:

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For my D.C.-area friends, here’s a comprehensive 3-minute forecast that includes a LOT of science that you might not find on TV. Here’s everything you need to know about tomorrow’s severe weather and tornado risk:

For my D.C.-area friends, here’s a comprehensive 3-minute forecast that includes a LOT of science that you might not find on TV. Here’s everything you need to know about tomorrow’s severe weather and tornado risk:

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On Sunday night, the Trump administration tweeted about a “friendless loser” for peddling “bullsh*t clickbait.” The tweet was directed at weather forecasters at The Weather Channel, since the administration did not like the forecast.

On Sunday night, the Trump administration tweeted about a “friendless loser” for peddling “bullsh*t clickbait.” The tweet was directed at weather forecasters at The Weather Channel, since the administration did not like the forecast.

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“We have no idea” was a line I used a couple times when doing TV weather. It used to freak producers out. But my goal is to exude competence — not confidence. As Andrew shows in his tweet, the most competent thing to do sometimes is explain lack of confidence in a solution.

“We have no idea” was a line I used a couple times when doing TV weather. It used to freak producers out. But my goal is to exude competence — not confidence. As Andrew shows in his tweet, the most competent thing to do sometimes is explain lack of confidence in a solution.

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I documented #Milton every hour on the hour. Here’s what it was like:

I documented #Milton every hour on the hour. Here’s what it was like:

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For those in the D.C.-area wondering what the weird “spike” on radar is… we see this dozens of times per year when thunderstorms approach. It’s a spurious signal caused by a communications tower build by the radar at Dulles. Video from last year:

For those in the D.C.-area wondering what the weird “spike” on radar is… we see this dozens of times per year when thunderstorms approach. It’s a spurious signal caused by a communications tower build by the radar at Dulles. Video from last year:

Matthew Cappucci

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Listen to my tone and verbiage. If you live in the South, now is the time to begin preparing for a high-end, multi-day, very disruptive storm. Crippling ice and blockbuster snow POSSIBLE:

Listen to my tone and verbiage. If you live in the South, now is the time to begin preparing for a high-end, multi-day, very disruptive storm. Crippling ice and blockbuster snow POSSIBLE:

Matthew Cappucci

206,463 просмотров • 6 месяцев назад