Matthew Cappucci
Meteorologist at The Washington Post
Host at Capital Weather Gang Podcast
Meteorologist at WTTG-TV (Washington, DC)
Meteorologist at WDCA-TV (Washington, DC)
Atmospheric scientist, storm chaser, adventurer, teacher, author. Senior meteorologist at @MyRadarWX. @Washingtonpost, @Wamu885, @NPR, TV too. Harvard/MIT 🌪
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3 days ago |
washingtonpost.com | Matthew Cappucci |Naema Ahmed
These regions have poor air quality from Canadian wildfire smoke (washingtonpost.com) These regions have poor air quality from Canadian wildfire smoke By Matthew Cappucci; Naema Ahmed 2025060320332000 The air quality is reaching dangerous levels in parts of the Upper Midwest and north central U.S., where copious amounts of smoke from wildfires in Canada are wafting south across the international border.
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1 week ago |
spokesman.com | Matthew Cappucci
Mammoth hail keeps pelting parts of central Texas. Cantaloupe-size hail - approximately six inches in diameter - was recovered following rotating supercell thunderstorms earlier this week. One of the stones that fell in Menard, Texas, was 5.87 inches across and was picked up by a team of researchers conducting a hail study field mission. While it just missed this threshold, the technical term for six-inch hail is “gargantuan” (yes, really).
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1 week ago |
washingtonpost.com | Matthew Cappucci
Cantaloupe-size hail keeps bombarding Texas (washingtonpost.com) Cantaloupe-size hail keeps bombarding Texas By Matthew Cappucci 2025053017013200 Mammoth hail keeps pelting parts of Central Texas. Cantaloupe-size hail — approximately six inches in diameter — was recovered following rotating supercell thunderstorms earlier this week.
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2 weeks ago |
unionleader.com | Matthew Cappucci
The National Weather Service has determined that the family of tornadoes that tore through south-central Kansas on Sunday night were all rated EF3s on the Enhanced Fujita scale. Five main tornadoes hit over a span of 2 hours 56 minutes. The scale uses damage as a proxy for tornado strength and ranks tornadoes from a 0 (weakest) to 5 (catastrophic).
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2 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Matthew Cappucci
Why tornado ratings don’t always tell the whole story (washingtonpost.com) Why tornado ratings don’t always tell the whole story By Matthew Cappucci 2025052216241600 The National Weather Service has determined that the family of tornadoes that tore through south-central Kansas on Sunday night were all rated EF3s on the Enhanced Fujita scale. Five main tornadoes hit over a span of 2 hours 56 minutes.
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Wednesday, May 14 could feature some severe weather over the eastern half of Nebraska and along the Missouri River, perhaps into extreme western Iowa. A warm front will lift through, introducing an influx of moisture from the south. Dew points will be around or just above 60º, https://t.co/fv8bk1CBTZ
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