{"id":111987,"date":"2026-01-25T17:29:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/111987\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T17:29:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:29:26","slug":"tiktok-is-freaking-out-because-jim-cantore-is-in-this-city-for-the-winter-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/111987\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok is freaking out because Jim Cantore is in this city for the winter storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Wherever Jim Cantore goes, you know disastrous weather is inbound. <\/p>\n

The Weather Channel\u2019s meteorologist has become something of a harbinger, with TikTok users across the country awaiting to see where he will land in the face of inclement weather. <\/p>\n

Throw in Waffle House closures and TikTokers know that things are serious. <\/p>\n

Cantore\u2019s whereabouts were closely tracked in the lead-up to the winter storm rocking half the country \u2014 and now, as it hits, we know just where he is positioned. <\/p>\n

For better or worse, Cantore is in New York City, reporting from Central Park<\/a> as dogs frolic in the snow with their bundled-up owners. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re expecting about 10 inches here. It all depends on when we mix with the sleet, which are going to see probably after noontime today,\u201d Cantore said.<\/a> \u201cFolks are out here running. They\u2019re out here walking. They\u2019re having a good time. I think everybody\u2019s kind of happy to see the snow.\u201d <\/p>\n

Dozens of videos about his arrival in New York poured in on TikTok, with one user going so far as to say: \u201cS—t\u2019s about to get real.\u201d <\/p>\n

Another posted, \u201cWhen you\u2019re from the south but currently living in NYC\u2026 Jim Cantore means it\u2019s REAL,\u201d with a crying emoji. <\/p>\n

Throw in ravaged grocery stores, schools being shuttered Monday, and over 2,000 Sanitation workers operating on 12-hour shifts, and you know that some type of \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d winter weather is about to wallop the five boroughs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Wherever Jim Cantore goes, you know disastrous weather is inbound. The Weather Channel\u2019s meteorologist…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-111987","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}