--- title: Watch the Weather Channel's Jim Cantore Go Nuts Over Thundersnow description: A severe blizzard may put a damper on a normal person’s day, but for meteorologist Jim Cantore, it’s like hitting the jackpot canonical: https://time.com/3710793/thundersnow-weather-channel-jim-cantore/ author: Kevin McSpadden article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-16T08:36:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:03:06.564Z og:title: Watch Weatherman Jim Cantore Go Nuts Over Thundersnow og:description: He's having his best life right now og:url: https://time.com/3710793/thundersnow-weather-channel-jim-cantore/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74404a8adf314e4b/69877f6d5f570f01e9b154bb/cantore-freak-out-weather.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: The Weather Channel host, Jim Cantore, goes live from Commonwealth Ave behind the Pennsylvania State Capitol Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 in Harrisburg, PA og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Weatherman Jim Cantore Go Nuts Over Thundersnow twitter:description: He's having his best life right now twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74404a8adf314e4b/69877f6d5f570f01e9b154bb/cantore-freak-out-weather.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Jim Cantore From the Weather Channel Totally Win at His Job > Sponsored content. 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Watch a timelapse of New York City being blanketed with an overnight snowfall of 6 inches in the winter storm that hit the north eastern part of the U.S. on January 2, 2014._ by [Kevin McSpadden](https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Feb 16, 2015 8:36 AM UTC  The Weather Channel host, Jim Cantore, goes live from Commonwealth Ave behind the Pennsylvania State Capitol Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 in Harrisburg, PA The Weather Channel host, Jim Cantore, goes live from Commonwealth Ave behind the Pennsylvania State Capitol Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 in Harrisburg, PA John C. Whitehead—AP by [Kevin McSpadden](https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Feb 16, 2015 8:36 AM UTC A severe blizzard may put a damper on a normal person’s day, but for the Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore, it’s like hitting the jackpot. During his coverage of the blizzard that slammed New England over the weekend, Cantore came face-to-face with the phenomenon called “[thundersnow](http://www.weather.com/science/news/what-thundersnow-and-why-does-it-happen-20140218)” — a snowy gale accompanied by lightning and thunder. After a lightning strike prompted a victory celebration more ESPN than Weather Channel, Cantore struck a champion’s pose and declared, “That’s number 5 baby!” What’s more, this is not the first time thundersnow has turned Cantore into a viral video. 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