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What factors do we consider when making a snowfall forecast? What did the hosts pick up on sale during Black Friday? What is the process like to get our research published in a scientific journal? Listen to find out!

Show highlights include:

  • Intro
    • Hosts: Andy & Ben
    • Thanksgiving / Black Friday recap
  • Past week’s weather discussion (Nov 22-28, 2015)
    • Freezing rain, snow, and cold
    • Weak, slow-moving system
    • Recap article
  • Forecasting snow amounts
    • Snow to liquid ratios
    • Dendritric growth, temperature, moisture, snow crystal types, ground heat content, snowflake size distributions, and more!
A microscopic image of snowflakes Ben captured in Greenland.

A microscopic image of snowflakes captured in Greenland

Do you have questions, comments, or concerns related to this episode? Let us know below in the comments!

Ben Castellani

Ben grew up in southwestern Pennsylvania and holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in Meteorology, the latter being from CU Boulder. His hometown received nearly three feet of snow from the Storm of the Century back in March of 1993, sparking his initial interest in impactful weather. Ben currently works on remote sensing and data analysis software at L3Harris Technologies in Boulder.

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