Another day of zonal (neutral) flow is on tap for today. The 500 mb vorticity map below shows a large fetch of due westerly flow stretching from northern California, across Colorado, and into the Great Lakes region. Under this zonal flow, conditions tend to be calm with near or slightly above normal temperatures. That will be the case today with …

Ben Castellani

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 NV5 Geospatial Software in Boulder.

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