BoulderCAST Daily – Thu 05/14/20 | Afternoon/evening showers and storms

Detailed Forecast Discussion: Following last night's cool frontal passage, the stage is set for scattered to widespread showers and storms to develop today as a shortwave disturbance passes across Colorado during peak heating. The NAM 500 mb vorticity animation below shows the energy embedded in the southwest flow moving across the area. Moderate large-scale lift and dew points in the …

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.