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Weekday Morning and Noon Meteorologist for WPRI-TV. 26+ years. 2X Regional Edward R. Murrow Award winner.

Providence, RI
Joined April 2009
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4 years
No words. -I did not alter this picture in any way. #Newport #Sunset #HotelViking
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2 years
Remember what "Watch" means. The ingredients are there. "Warning" means everything has come together. We remain under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch.
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1 year
-108°F wind chill on top of Mount Washington, NH. That’s the coldest wind chill ever recorded in the U.S.
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The Newport Bridge becoming enveloped in an orange fog. #Easter #Sunset
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1 year
Spectacular sunset tonight over Providence! When I saw the colors in the sky developing before my eyes, I had to pull off 195 and get to India Point Park. 90 seconds after this picture was taken, poof! The colors were gone.
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1 year
Personal/professional news: After 25.74 years of giving you your forecast on Saturday and Sunday evenings, tonight will be my last one. That’s more than half of my life! I’m moving to a different role here @wpri12 . More details to come…
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5 years
The Newport Bridge catching the Sun.
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5 years
IMPORTANT MESSAGE: A drunk driver hit us while we were driving on Cape Cod yesterday. My family & I are okay, thankfully...very minor injuries. PLEASE, if you are drinking have a designated driver or call a taxi/Uber. Remember this July 4th week (and always). @MADDOnline
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4 years
Fiery sunset in Newport tonight.
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6 years
This is a little frightening. The flu is widespread in every state except for Oregon.
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3 years
Here's a look at the high temperatures so far today...
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2 years
Awesome picture of the @SpaceX rocket launch from Foster, RI. Credit to Amanda Paulhus.
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2 years
Monday was 25 years I started at Channel 12...May 23, 1997. I did the noon show as a 'tryout', then the news director came into the studio & asked me to work the weekends until further notice. 25 yrs later, I still haven't gotten that notice Thanks for watching all these years
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Sunsets are now in the 8 o'clock hour! We had a beauty in Newport tonight.
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Jaw-dropping sunset in Newport, Rhode Island this evening.
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3 years
Pac Man is about to eat Rhode Island
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3 years
I think this might qualify as a tornado outbreak. 11 different tornadoes by my count. Maps like this are rare for July and August here in the Northeast, nevermind in November.
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It's getting real. Fox Point Hurricane Barrier gates are closing right now. Street gates have already been closed.
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5 years
Stunning....the Sun setting behind the Newport Bridge at the end of the July 4th weekend.
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6 years
Good morning from the Block Island Wind Farm!!
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4 years
Wowza! Newport... just a short time ago. ❤️❤️
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8 years
Goodbye Sun. In Barrow, Alaska, the sun sets today at 1:24PM (AK time). The sun won't rise there again until Jan 21!
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1 year
WEATHER ALERT: I'll be waking up at 2AM for a long time...excited to be officially joining the weekday morning team.
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We're excited to announce Meteorologist @tjdelsanto is officially joining 12 News This Morning! We hope you tune in to watch his forecast weekdays from 4:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. 🙂 Read more:
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3 years
It must be really neat to drive over the bridge right now: you start in the fog, pop out into the sunshine and then back into the fog.
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Mind blown! 🤯 This was so cool to watch. These pics were taken at Horseshoe Falls in North Scituate, RI. #Aurora #Auroraborealis #NorthernLights
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8 years
"Super bloom" underway in Death Valley, thanks to a heavy October rain storm.
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7 years
Hurricane #Irma could soon become a Category 5 storm. Check out this 3d look at the storm structure during the past 6 hours.
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5 years
Ho hum -- just another amazing sunset in Newport, RI.
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6 years
The clear skies today allowed us to get an excellent view of a snowy New England from space.
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Wowza...Check out our new camera atop the Viking Hotel in Newport.
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6 years
God is up early painting this morning. Happy Sunday!
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3 years
Jaw-dropping sunset in Newport this evening after the rain showers moved out. Wow.
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4 years
A bluish-purple sunset in Newport this evening.
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6 years
My son pitched a complete game shutout against the (previously) undefeated team in the league! Went 2 for 3 with 3 stolen bases. #dominate #playoffs
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4 years
The kick is up, and it's good! #Newport #RhodeIsland #sunset
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9 months
Pretty substantial damage on Bungy Road on the Gloucester/Scituate line. Wires down, debris scattered everywhere, trees twisted in different directions… It certainly looks like tornado damage to me.
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21 years ago today, my knees were knocking under the anchor desk during the noon show as I appeared on WPRI-TV for the first time. The nerves are gone now...and so is a lot of that hair.
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Edging head stones and scrubbing them up at the RI Veterans Cemetery....Appreciating those who served. #NexstarCares #NexstarFoundersDay
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2 years
Remember the difference between a watch and warning. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for our area.
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7 years
20 yrs ago Monday I officially started here @wpri12 . Lots has changed in the past 2 decades in TV; fortunately, I haven't changed a bit! :)
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Lightning bolt over Providence last night. This is from Teanna Rose. Awesome shot!
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2 years
The view from my hotel room. #blizzard #snowdrift
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3 years
Nearly 25 years at WPRI-TV and I somehow have avoided continuous tornado coverage onair. See ya in another 25 years for the next time!
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Tornado Warnings have expired for our area via @tjdelsanto @wpri12
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5 months
Here's what Southern New England's fresh coating of snow looks like from space this morning. Sorry Block Island, no snow for you.
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2 years
OMG. Look at the waves at the Plymouth Sands Hotel in Plymouth, MA
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Another view of the waves hitting the windows. This storm surge is no joke! @boston25
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10 months
The Scituate Director of Public Works said the damage from this tornado rivaled the damage from the Blizzard of '78. Wow. This was an EF-2 tornado with winds of 115mph.
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3 years
@NBC10_Kelly so sorry ol' (young) friend. Clearly, you will be missed by your viewers and colleagues, and I'll miss watching someone who I respect and admire not only as a met but also as a person. I know we'll be seeing you somewhere again soon. Fair skies!⛅️😎
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6 years
I MIGHT have an addiction to sunrise and sunset pictures. This is tonight's sunset from Providence. #sunset #sunrise #rhodeisland
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I know you've been waiting patiently for it, so here's this evening's Newport sunset on this day of the Summer Solstice...the longest day of the year!
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BREAKING.: This is a Weather Alert. I spotted 5 snow flakes in Scituate, RI. Repeat. ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ in Scituate.
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5 years
Just might have to frame this one....
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Gorgeous. The Newport Bridge at sunset during a humid evening along the southern Rhode Island coast.
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3 years
God's Sunday morning art work in Narragansett.
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Tonight’s sunset from our Newport camera.
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Rare naked eye visible Northern Lights from Scituate, RI. It was changing before my eyes! #aurora
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The Super Snow Moon rising over Narragansett.
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The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier was closed at 4:20AM to protect Providence from the storm surge from this storm. I don't remember the hurricane barrier being closed twice in one month....that may never have happened in its 50+years of existence.
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4 years
Here's the time lapse of that fiery Newport sunset. What a gorgeous night!
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Newport’s sunset in 3 pictures.
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Newport sunsets never disappoint. #newport #rhodeisland #sunset
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This is truly a remarkable sunrise in Narragansett.
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5 years
Okay. I'll say it. It's the calm before the storm. You still love me right? #newport #rhodeisland
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Ok...we caved. The heat was turned on this morning. It was 52° in the house this morning..a toasty 62 now. Anyone else cave?
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3 years
Our newest meteorologist/reporter. She’ll cover all the fowl weather.
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2 years
At @tony_tpetrarca ’s induction into the Rhode Island Radio and Television Hall of Fame with the gang! And Karen Adams!
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Going into a market. Prayers appreciated.
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BREAKING: National Weather Service confirms an official #blizzard in Providence, Newport, Block Island and Westerly.
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Stunning Newport sunset to end a sizzling weekend here in Rhode Island.
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Stunning sunset tonight! Beautiful way to end the 4th of July. #newport #rhodeisland #4thofjuly2021
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2 years
Even during the Blizzard of '78, we didn't have as much snow in one day as we did today. 18.8" fell at TF Green, breaking the old record of 18.3". The Blizzard of '78 record for 1 day snowfall is now 3rd at 18.0". The '78 storm is still #1 for an entire snow storm.
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5 years
And the field goal is good! #Newport #Sunset #HotelViking
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4 years
An amazing sunset in Newport this evening. Look at those colors!
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EARTHQUAKE: Did you feel that? Preliminary report of a Magnitude 4.8 earthquake in NJ, felt here in Southern New England.
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This is like a summer ceremony… bringing in the lifeguard chairs to Narragansett Town Beach. This is chair number. 1.
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Jack-o-lantern sky over Providence. 🎃
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First sunset of fall did not disappoint! This is from Providence.
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What a long, strange trip it's been. #Henri actually developed last Sunday northeast of Bermuda, headed southwestward, then slowly northward before making landfall in Rhode Island today. Crazy track for a tropical system...especially one that hits New England.
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1 year
This looks like a painting. Stunning sky over Providence right now.
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East Matunuck Beach at sunset. 📷: Joe Mulvey
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Lyndon State College peeps! Congrats Tony on your induction into the Rhode Island Radio and Television Hall of Fame. No one deserves it more. :)
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Scituate Reservoir in Scituate, RI with an iPhone.
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BREAKING: NWS confirms 2 tornadoes in RI on Saturday. Westerly and North Kingstown
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Some days I can't remember where I put my keys. My 103.5-year-old grandmother can tell me stories from 1920… Feel very fortunate to be able to spend time with her.
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The Newport Bridge in front of a gorgeous orange sky. #newport #rhodeisland #StormHour #sunset
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6 years
Which would you prefer -- the snow and cold of winter or the heat and humidity of summer? Likes for winter, Retweets for summer
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Absolutely amazing sunset tonight. #scituate #rhodeisland
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Woah. This nor'easter needs to stop right now.
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Narragansett is showing off, too!
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3 years
CAUTION: This content may be offensive to some viewers.
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The Super Moon over Narragansett and Newport.
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RI trivia question for you: Rhode Island has 39 cities and towns, and there are 4 without a Dunkin' Donuts (shocking, I know). Name all 4.
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This sky is bananas! I mean....oranges. #Newport #HotelViking
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Sunset over Newport.
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The Newport Bridge lit by the setting sun behind snow-covered roof tops in Newport.
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The snow has stopped in Newport, now the sky is 🔥🔥
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New picture of Neptune and its rings! The rings are rarely seen. In fact, this is the first time they have been clearly captured since Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1989! This is from the James Webb Space Telescope…incredible picture.
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5 years
Had a fun night dining and dancing at our Father Daughter dance with my baby girl. Only two more of these left.
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Check this out. The Sun could be seen BEFORE sunrise this morning. This picture was taken at 6:46A. Sunrise was 7:06A. This phenomenon was caused by the refraction of light by the Earth's atmosphere..air bent the path of light so we saw the Sun before it really popped up
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