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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

4 years

My mother always said you can smile in any language.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

The lady at the DMV took my picture for the license/registration. Then she asked “body type?” “Um, slim to average… I guess…?” “Of the vehicle.” “Oh.” *she laughs hysterically for 3 minutes* Now she is telling all her coworkers and I can never show my face here again.

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Matthew Cappucci

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2 years

BREAKING: All of Puerto Rico — every town, neighborhood, house — is without power. That’s 1.4 million households. Winds over the southern portion of the island have gusted 80-100 mph, but elsewhere winds have been much lesser. Despite this, the grid is tenuous at best.

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Matthew Cappucci

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11 months

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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Matthew Cappucci

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Felt the #earthquake ? Earthquakes in the eastern U.S. are felt over a MUCH bigger area than the West Coast. Why? Eastern U.S. has older rocks. They were subject to extreme pressures and temperatures. They’re denser and so shaking travels much farther. Example:

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

4 years

For the first time in history, a tornado warning has been issued for a likely *fire tornado*. These are not "firewhirls." This is a rotating smoke plume being ingested into a pyrocumulonimbus cloud that could produce a bonafide fire-induced tornado. Tornadic wind speeds.

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Matthew Cappucci

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2 years

This is berserk. Kodiak, Alaska hit 65 degrees today, 20 DEGREES warmer than their previous record. Not their average. Their record. That's like winning a 5K by ten minutes. Numerous nearby stations recorded similar. Warmest winter temperature on record. @FOX5DC @MyRadarWX

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

BREAKING: A THIRD #earthquake has occurred along the Kermadec Trench north of New Zealand, presenting a tsunami threat to #NewZealand , Fiji, and American Samoa. It is an 8.0 that just occurred. Hawaii is under a #TsunamiWatch and I'm updating:

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

4 years

Breaking: a shallow magnitude 5.1 #earthquake was just felt in the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee. It was preceded by a minor foreshock yesterday. Earthquakes travel farther in the eastern U.S. because of the structure of the crust and the fewer faults that break it up.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

1 year

Breaking: a *severe* geomagnetic storm is ongoing right now. IF it persists into tonight, cities like Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and Portland — perhaps farther south — could see the northern lights (assuming folks escape the city). This is a level 8 out of 9 episode.

Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

1 year

NEW: An M2-class solar flare (sun burp) just launched toward Earth. We have evidence of gyrosynchrotron emissions – basically high-energy electrons surfing a shock wave toward Earth. They affect radio wave propagation. If a "coronal mass ejection" follows, maybe aurora.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

6 months

BREAKING: Grindavik, #Iceland has been asked to evacuate. A magmatic dike may have formed below town, and eruptive fissures may eventually open near or in Grindavik. There is “significantly” more magma involved than with past eruptions of Fagradalsfjall.

Evacuations underway in Iceland as possible volcanic eruption looms

The Reykjanes volcano is in a Code Orange state, with an eruption possible in the next several days.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Matthew Cappucci

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1 year

*INSANE* temperature drops with this #SiberianFront : Amarillo: 30º drop in 1 hour Denver: 37º drop in 1 hour Cheyenne: 43º to 11º in 9 minutes Casper: 27º to 3º in 15 minutes Dubois: 16º to minus-8º in 20 minutes Buffalo: 21º to 9º in 5 minutes

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

24 days

@Truthpolex Hey! Scientist here. In the scientific field, we have a term for this — “utter bullsh*t.” Please do not spread baseless conspiracy theories. 💙

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 years

If your cloud is a lighthouse overlooking a rocky shoreline for more than 4 hours, consult a meteorologist right away.

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@rebilasphoto

2 years

Rapidly growing cloud over Mount Lemmon. Is it just me or does that cloud look like a lighthouse overlooking a rocky shoreline? 🤔🤔🤔 #azwx #stormhour

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Matthew Cappucci

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1 year

I did the ENTIRE FORECAST as a “‘Twas the night before Christmas” poem. Merry Christmas y’all! 😃 @fox5dc @foxweather Find yourself a meteorologist who cares enough to wake up at 2 a.m. to write a poem. 🥹

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 months

BREAKING: A rain gauge at UCLA has picked up 12.46 inches of rain in 24 hours. Per NOAA statistics, that’s 1.1 inches MORE than a thousand-year rainfall event. The odds of an place in the Los Angeles area seeing a 11.5 inch/24 hour rain event any given year is 0.1%.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

11 months

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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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

TORNADO IN ANNAPOLIS. @MyRadarWX

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

26 days

Reminder: there is NO such thing as “90% totality,” “95% totality” or “99% totality.” It’s either a yes or no thing — a binary. The experience is completely different. Even a half mile away, you won’t experience sudden nightfall, the magical 360° sunrise or the solar corona.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

TORNADO IN ANNAPOLIS. @myradar

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

6 months

When you’re a meteorologist, you commit to the aesthetic. #Halloween #wxtwitter @fox5dc

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

11 months

Upstate New York looks like Mars right now due to smoke. This is from @NWSBinghamton . The sky is orange (only longer wavelengths of light penetrate the veil of smoke). Air quality indices pushing 400. Hazardous to all. Visibility down to just 1 mile. #smoke #CanadaWildfires

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

4 years

Breaking: @KLM flight 644 reached an incredible ground speed of 819 mph — faster than the speed of sound — over Newfoundland on Friday night. ✈️ The Boeing 747 was flying in an extremely strong 260 mph jet stream! Thanks to Captains Bakker and Best!

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

1 year

This is WILD. Not one, but TWO lakes – Erie and Ontario – produced SIX FEET of snow. Water temperatures are around 50-53 degrees. Air is in the teens and twenties. Having one intense band drop 6 feet is incredible. Two is something else. Prolific snows. #BuffaloStorm2022

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

10 months

D.C. and much of the U.S. will be facing intermittent smoke all summer long — probably until October. 34 very large fires in Quebec are being “monitored” but not combatted. They’ve burned 3.7 million acres. They won’t die for a while. Every NW wind means more smoke for us.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 years

Holy ****… we just watched lightning *IN THE EYEWALL* strike maybe three quarters of a mile away. I have NEVER seen a physical bolt of lightning visually while covering a TC. This is insane.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

21 days

And there it is — totality — the moment I have waited for since middle school. My parents, Tess, everybody — we all got to share it. Colleagues, friends, loved ones; the whole gang. To stand in the shadow of the moon and see a star’s atmosphere 93,000,000 miles away… wow. 🥹

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

4 years

An older couple started talking to me in the park. They asked me where I went to school and what I did. Want to be shouted at for 20 minutes? Tell them you studied weather and climate at Harvard and work at The Washington Post. Next time I’ll just say I work at Waffle House.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

BREAKING: A magnitude 8.2 #earthquake occurred roughly 25 minutes ago along the Aleutian Chain in Alaska. Its hypocenter was 29 miles deep. This DOES appear to be a thrust quake along the Aleutian Trench. #Tsunami likely with this along coastal #Alaska and beyond!

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 months

PLEASE – go to the totality zone on April 8. On the left, a 99% eclipse. On the right, a total. You can't take your glasses off even at 99%. Night doesn't fall. The corona doesn't appear. No 360º sunrise. Going the extra mile WILL change your perspective on the universe.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

4 years

This is a full time position.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 years

Hurricane Hunter aircraft reported being jostled 700 feet vertically in eyewall of Ian. Meteorologist onboard aircraft compared its to Category 5 Michael.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 years

No degreed scientist should be making $34,000 full time. Nobody who relocates and is required to work holidays, nights, weekends, etc. should be making $34K. This job *also* requires one year experience. Broadcast poverty pay in low to medium markets needs to stop. It's 2022.

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Matthew Cappucci

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2 years

Tornadoes DO hit major cities! That they don’t is a myth! Just since 2011: — New Orleans — Dallas — Nashville — OKC — St. Louis — Birmingham — Mobile — Springfield, Mass. — Dayton, Ohio — Joplin, Mo. City folks — you are just as vulnerable. Have a #tornado plan.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

6 months

It’s a work in progress.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

This is a full-time position that starts around $9 an hour before taxes. A year of prior experience is preferred, as is a degree. As I've said before: "paying one's dues" should NOT require years of poverty. It's a barrier that those without privilege can't overcome to enter.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

9 months

A *very* strongly-worded statement from our friends at the National Weather Service warning of the possibility of an isolated strong tornado. This is a day to really take seriously.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

9 months

Every year, I wish for the same thing for my birthday — someone to watch the meteor shower with. Maybe someday. Until then, watching it from a rural dirt road in a somnolent Italian community isn’t a bad option. Hello to 26.

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Matthew Cappucci

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4 months

Merry Christmas, gang! This is my first holiday with the family since around the time I graduated. A bit of personal news:

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

I’m still convinced D.C. has to be one of the prettiest and smartest cities in America with some of the nicest people around.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

My up-close view of a destructive multi-vortex tornado near Selden, Kansas earlier.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

All of my D.C. friends are "consultants" and I still have no idea what they do.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 years

Walking through the airport and I hear “Cappucci!” and it’s THE @ReedTimmerAccu . That must mean I’m on the right flight for an epic storm. Boston, here we come.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

7 months

LOOK AT THIS SUNSET, DC! 😍 This is thanks to Tropical Storm #Ophelia — it’s producing ice clouds at the upper levels thanks to its outflow, or “exhaust.” Because they’re so high up, they catch the light even after the sun has set. GORGEOUS! 🌅 #WashingtonDC #Virginia #Maryland

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

24 days

BREAKING: #Earthquake confirmed, felt in #NYC , New Jersey. Updated information coming in thread below.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

15 days

I could buy so many waffles. 😍

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

11 months

Bad news – yet *another* plume of dense wildfire smoke is slated to waft south over parts of the Midwest and Appalachians tomorrow. It could swing toward D.C./Baltimore, bringing even worse air quality into early Friday. @fox5dc #smoke #CanadianWildfires

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

7 months

PSA: You *deserve* good weather information. Be a savvy shopper for your source. YouTubers, TikTok “stars” and influencers don’t know what they don’t know. The information they put out undermines public trust in credentialed meteorologists and communicators. #WxTwitter

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

Because the Aleutian #earthquake was a thrust quake, a #tsunami is possible. A warning is up in south coastal Alaska. #Hawaii has 5-6 hours before potential impacts; magnitude unclear. A tsunamj watch is up. Tsunamis can travel across oceans at speed of jet airplane.

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Matthew Cappucci

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21 days

About five minutes after totality ended, I handed all my friends a summons to their next eclipse adventure.🤪 MWA HA HA HA AH (It'll also be my birthday. I'll be – gasp – turning 29 in 2026.)

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

20 days

Yes — eclipses are emotional. I was a bit overcome during totality. I knew I would be — and, by the end, I was crying quite heavily (and not very gracefully). Eclipses mark transition points of sorts; they’re like page breaks or chapters; the return of an ancient friend.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

4 years

Both of my parents have tested positive for COVID-19. My mother, a healthcare worker, woke up early this week with no sense of taste/smell whatsoever. My father’s symptoms have been much worse — very low temperatures and chest congestion. Take it seriously and distance.

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Matthew Cappucci

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2 years

I am entering the eyewall. I will keep everyone updated as much as possible. Cell service will likely disappear. Trust that I am managing safely. It’s going to be a rough evening. We’ll have a better day tomorrow.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

8 months

PSA: Simply existing counts as exercise when it’s 97° and humid. Skip the run tonight. Eat ice cream. The meteorologist said it’s okay.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

Beautiful but dangerous storm moving towards Salina, Kansas:

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

23 days

NEW: We have final predictions of what Monday’s solar corona will look like, courtesy of Predictive Science Inc. This will be about the most dynamic corona you’ll ever see since we are at the peak of the solar cycle, and the sun’s magnetic field is the most chaotic and busy.

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Matthew Cappucci

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24 days

I don't do politics, nor do I care about politics. However – if someone says they believe that an earthquake and an eclipse are sudden divine political warnings, you should probably ask yourself – "is this individual existing in a headspace commensurate with reality?"

Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸

@mtgreenee

24 days

God is sending America strong signs to tell us to repent. Earthquakes and eclipses and many more things to come. I pray that our country listens. 🙏

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

5 months

Only 58 miles separate a #tornado watch from a winter storm warning. That's how dynamic this storm system is!

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 years

Science! Why the perfectly symmetrical depressions around trees? They are efficient at transporting heat up from the ground and radiating “longwave radiation,” or heat, of their own. That melts the snow! @fox5dc @MyRadarWX @capitalweather

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

Bigtime #tornado near #Vernon , Texas about a half hour ago. The second tornado we intercepted. @capitalweather

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

On Monday, April 8, 2024, you'll have the chance to witness the solar system splayed out before you. You'll see the sun's atmosphere. Maybe you'll cry. A total solar eclipse will stretch across the U.S., Go – if it's the only thing you do. Please don't die without seeing one.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

1 year

Absolutely monstrous tornado in Iowa. Debris lofted to 20,000 feet. We are TWO hours into the outbreak. TWO. We have another 8 or 9 to go. This will be an incredibly long and painful day for many.

R A W S A L E R T S

@rawsalerts

1 year

🚨 #BREAKING : A Confirmed large and extremely violent tornado is on the ground 📌 #Sigourney | #Iowa The National weather service has issues a PDS tornado warning meaning particular Dangerous situation as a confirmed large and extremely violent tornado is on the ground…

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Matthew Cappucci

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2 years

THREAD: where did the #tornado likely impact in #NewOrleans ? Here's a quick rundown of what the radar tells us. All told, it looks like at least an EF2 tornado, with an EF3 tornado/130+ mph winds in reach. NWS Slidell will dispatch folks either late tonight or early tomorrow.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

1 year

How do I politely tell my parents that they need a hobby? 😅

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

10 months

TRIPLE rainbow over the Washington Monument!? 🌈 Not quite — this was a REMARKABLE supernumerary bow — the best I have ever seen, or even seen a photo of! It’s an interference process that results in multiple bands of extra colors inside the primary arc. @fox5dc @capitalweather

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 years

One of the most chilling satellite images of all time, from this hour 21 years ago today. On the right, you see Hurricane Erin. On the left, a plume of smoke can be seen rising from the Twin Towers, which, after having been struck by two airliners, would soon collapse.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

4 years

Breaking: We now know that it was apparently a gust of wind in Marquette, Wisconsin that wrecked Cheryl's She Shed. This is an actual official storm report. 🤣

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 years

IT’S THE BEST DAY EVER 😀😀😀 Love you @WaffleHouse 😍

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

4 years

Yay! We got a roll cloud! 😍

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

1 year

Thank you, FOX5. 🥹 For Paul, the news director to call me personally, the producers to put it on air so quickly, Erin Como to FaceTime me and my colleagues message me all at once… just shows the love this station has and what makes it so special.

FOX 5's Matthew Cappucci named 2023 Weather Person of the Year

It's a big day at FOX 5, as we are celebrating our own Matthew Cappucci being named 2023 Weather Person of the Year!

www.fox5dc.com

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

10 months

EXTREME rainfall continues across the Acela Corridor and New England. 8.01" – Chalfont, PA 7.85" – West Point, New York 6.17" – Quakertown, PA 5.54" – Califon, NJ 4.60" – Oakland Gardens, NY The West Point value is a thousand-year rain event. 6.96" in 3 hours easily qualifies.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

1 year

Thanks, Mom. 🥲

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

The atmosphere is a classroom. Supercell, updraft, downdraft, RFD, inflow, mesocyclone, wall cloud, funnel cloud, tornado... we break it all down here. Let’s talk some science. I’ll take the great outdoors over a green screen any day.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 months

Perhaps the most classically-structured tornadic aberration I have seen on radar in a very long time. An atmospheric sink drain. Wow.

John Homenuk

@jhomenuk

2 months

Incredible tornado, Alta Vista, KS!!

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

Seas becoming increasingly angry in Narragansett, Rhode Island with a little over two hours left to go before landfall. #Henri @MyRadarWX

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 years

ROARING winds: gusts exceeding 85 mph on a tall cliff overlooking Cape Cod Bay as the “dry slot” approaches. (It knocked me over.) Prolific snowfall rates of 2-4 inches per hour, reports of thundersnow and a 3 foot storm surge. Follow @MyRadarWX for the latest!

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

4 months

I love the D.C. Metro, but it’s *wild* I can’t take public transportation to the airport before 7 a.m. on Christmas Eve in the capital city of the most powerful nation on Earth.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 years

Dear lord. The eye is clearing out. This really is reminiscent of Michael in so many ways. I am just stunned.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

Possible tornado in Annapolis, Md. @MyRadarWX

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

8 months

There is a risk of Category 4 or greater impacts to parts of the Big Bend and Florida Panhandle from #Idalia – not something I say often or without considering implications. A devastating, life-threatening storm surge is possible in Apalachee Bay. I'm heading there now.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

3 years

I LOVE THIS PROMO. I always assumed that I'd have to tamp down on my geekiness when I grew up. This city and @fox5dc have not only accepted it – they've embraced it. This promo captures that.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

11 months

Eerie. Can't see a thing on the #NewYorkCity skyline. Hazardous wildfire smoke continues to thicken over the city; visibilities down to 0.75 miles. Air quality is very poor, as this shot from St. George Tower illustrates. NYC at 9 a.m.: NYC now:

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

11 months

It is incredibly frustrating that — every time someone faces a highly impactful weather event in their area — someone else has to come in and say “I’ve had it worse! That’s nothing.” Congratulations, Doug. You’re braver than us all. Everyone else — avoid outdoor exposure.

Douglas Ritz

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11 months

@MatthewCappucci “Excuse me?“ That heavily diluted haze is nothing.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 months

Seeing a LOT of incorrect media reports — including from some meteorologists — tying AT&T outage to the back-to-back solar flares. They are NOT related. The R3 shortwave radio blackout was on the wrong side of Earth. Cell phones are also not in the 3 to 30 MHz frequency band.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

5 years

Are you in D.C. or the DMV? If you are, you can actually see Dorian. That big sheet of cloud cover to the south is the leading edge of Dorian’s upper-level outflow, the “exhaust” of the storm, even though the center is 600 miles away! @capitalweather

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 years

You’ll never guess who is on the same flight as me — THE @tamarakeithNPR from @NPR and @wamu885 (and everywhere else). 😃 Nicest person ever, absolutely brilliant… she was even kind enough to buy supper and other career advice. Still a little starstruck.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

11 months

This live shot from EarthCam's Midtown NYC camera is telling.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

1 year

Young broadcasters: PLEASE know your worth. And PLEASE ignore everything this veteran broadcaster says here. “Paying your dues” is a form of industry-wide hazing that old TV folks perpetuate. It’s usually the veterans with ego problems. You are worth more than poverty.

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I made $15,800 a year my first year in 2004. It’s not for everyone but paying your dues is important.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 years

Lost all phone and cell service. Made it to a Walmart with a shred of WiFi. I am unable to broadcast or transmit or make phone calls. I am safe but this are DESPERATELY needs help.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

1 year

WOW. Look at this. The #tornado north of Memphis is part of a storm that’s pumping SO much warm, humid air into the upper atmosphere that it’s causing ripples in density surfaces caused “gravity waves.” Look toward top of loop. We can see those gravity waves on radar. Wild.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

8 months

Clerk: “What brings you to town?” Me: “I’m here for the storm.” Clerk: “Don’t bother trusting the weathermen.” Me: “I am the weatherman.” Clerk: “My model says it’s going out to sea.” Me: “What ‘model’ is that?” Clerk: “I have a weather app.” Me: “I am the weather app.” I win.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 years

In Washington D.C., we can see 100 to 200 stars at night. In the outlying suburbs, maybe a few hundred. In rural Virginia, up to 1,000 to 1,500. In the darkest spots on Earth – which are rapidly disappearing – close to 5,400. I shot this in the Sahara Desert in 2018.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

8 months

Alrighty gang — into #Lee we go. Download the @MyRadarWX app for the latest, and to see our journey. Enormous thanks to my friends at NOAA for making it happen. They have been incredibly generous and beyond accommodating. Here we go! ✈️

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

11 months

CODE RED: A toxic shroud of Canadian wildfire smoke has enveloped much of the eastern U.S. amid a historic wildfire outbreak. — close windows — make sure the AC isn’t ingesting outdoor air — avoid outdoors if you can — consider the N95 masks Hazardous air qualities abound.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 months

You HAVE TO GO to totality on Monday, April 8, 2024 if you can. The #solareclipse will be the most meaningful and awe-evoking thing you will ever see in your life. Partiality is NOT good enough. It's nothing special. Totality is an experience unlike any other on this planet.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

1 year

I am proud to announce that I have accepted a position as Speaker of the House¹. I intend to begin my duties immediately. ¹ (Waffle) House

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

6 months

Currently crossing Wisconsin Ave with no peripheral vision 😅

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

2 years

I couldn't sleep last night, so I stayed up until 3 a.m. watching Golden Girls... the kind of show that made us all better people. Today they're all reunited. Thank you, #BettyWhite , for being everyone's friend.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

9 months

After a certain point, you start prioritizing time and flexibility over more money. Once you have enough, money becomes less important. They print more daily. Time is fleeting. It’s limited. Life is ephemeral. If you wait until “someday” to see and do, it never comes. Go now.

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Matthew Cappucci

@MatthewCappucci

20 days

Today we stood in the shadow of the moon, and basked at the atmosphere of a star some 93 million miles away. Look how spiked and dynamic the corona is – sculpted by chaotic interfering magnetic fields that are constantly evolving in an elegantly cacophonous symphony. Grandeur.

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