about ROB NUCATOLA​
​I do REAL. (Who has time for fake?)
​I do FUN. (If you can't have fun at work, try something else!)
​I do ENERGY. (Doesn't matter what time of day it is... I'm here, I'm awake, I'm fired up!)
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When I was about 16, I saw a movie where the main character was a TV Weatherman. It looked like his job was the most fun one in the world. It was at this point in my life I realized I'd never be big enough or good enough to be a professional hockey player. (IF the New York Islanders wanted to give me a shot, FTR, I'd lace up the skates today!). So I dove into weather and broadcast journalism as I went thru college. And all these years later, the one thing I can GUARANTEE... this job IS the most fun one in the world!
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​Bring It On!
I am a TOTAL weather-nerd. I LOVE it. I could talk Cold Air Advection and Convection and Frontogenesis and 540 levels all day long. And then there is TROPICAL WEATHER... don't even get me started! The SCIENCE of WEATHER is fascinating. And the feedback on a forecast is immediate and sometimes brutal.
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Making the everyday seem extraordinary.
The key to TV weather, though, isn't spouting off fancy Meteorological Terms. Heck no. The important part of doing this is taking those big words and making them make sense to YOU. Taking the very complicated and very INEXACT science and putting it into terms that everyone understands. That's the test of a communicator.
Take it a step further. The really good ones are able to do something even more special... They make the everyday seem extraordinary. Seriously, anyone can show RADAR IMAGES when it's storming outside and tell the viewers "we have thunderstorms here, here, here and here". What's special about that? Nothing. I say the true test and testament is making "partly cloudy, humid, 93-degrees, with a 40% chance of afternoon thunderstorms" seem fresh and interesting everyday... THAT takes skill. That's when being a Broadcast Meteorologist is HARD.

The day after Christmas, 1998 was my first day working ON TV as a Weatherman/Reporter. I began at a tiny station in Presque Isle, Maine - WAGM. If you haven't heard of that town, it's ok... neither had I before I drove from Long Island, New York and convinced the News Director to hire me. In that cold, dark, snowy, but magical place, I got to do a little bit of everything. Sure I cut my forecasting teeth, but I also shot, edited, reported, anchored, even directed newscasts. Awesome experience. From there, a slightly less tiny town in Maine became my second TV home - WVII in Bangor, Maine. There, I got to do some Sports, some franchise reporting with animals, and a LOT of weather. I still have fond memories of doing the forecast each night LIVE from the "Pucker Brush Deck" OUTSIDE the station - no matter what the weather was! Those winters in Maine felt like a lifetime! But they were such great learning experiences.
In late 2000, I left the cold and snowy for the hot and humid of Tallahassee, Florida. All these years later, I'm still at WCTV. I've turned down a few opportunities to try other markets - none seemed right. Who knows what's next? I hope to keep doing weather for a LONG time. Maybe there will be a new and exciting TV Weather adventure for me. As long as the viewers will have me, I'll keep doing my part each morning to wake people up with a smile, let 'em know what Mother Nature has in-store for them, and do my best to make the everyday seem extraordinary!
I know the weather can't make you happy everyday. But I'm hoping the Weatherman can!