Difficult forecast for banded snow this evening into tomorrow With the big trough that brought snow to the area Monday and Tuesday now across the Great Lakes, residual northwest flow has been lingering across the Rockies. This will again remain the situation today. Despite weak sinking motion across the entire area, the 500mb vorticity forecast map below shows two shortwave …

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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