Sure, the “Twisters” movie script stretched the truth at times, but it was obvious producers consulted with meteorologists.
This image released by Universal Pictures shows Glen Powell, left, and Daisy Edgar-Jones in a scene from "Twisters." It’s one of the most anticipated weather events of this year — a fictional movie about tornadoes.
Several members of The Washington Post’s weather team — meteorologists Matthew Cappucci, Jeff Halverson and Jason Samenow and reporter Kasha Patel — attended a recent screening of the Steven Spielberg project directed by Lee Isaac Chung, which opens in theaters across the U.S. on Friday. Cappucci, a tornado chaser himself, has spent hundreds of hours pursuing storms. Halverson, a professor of meteorology, has written textbooks on severe weather.
It was fun seeing a few local government and broadcast meteorologists in Oklahoma City, like Rick Smith, Mike Morgan and Emily Sutton, make cameos.This movie will draw attention to meteorology and the need to improve our understanding of tornadoes to keep people safe. It has the potential to inspire a whole new generation of meteorologists. We were glad to see women and people of color as positive role models in the film, groups underrepresented in meteorology.
The CGI was incredibly realistic, and even subtle details about the shapes of storm clouds and fluid, turbulent motions in tornadoes exhibited extreme attention to detail.myriad reasons people storm chase. There are academics seeking data. There are insurance agency-backed groups conducting research. There are tours for the wealthy. There are photography groups. There are yahoos who don’t know what they’re doing and who make it dangerous for others.
The movie shows chasers driving into tornadoes intentionally; that’s not the norm. There are a couple of real-life chasers who drive specifically-designed vehicles to intercept a tornado dead on, but most keep a safe distance.
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