Today we'll be sandwiched between a ridge to the west and a trough to the east. Northwest flow will dominate at the upper-levels. At the surface, a weak cold front will be skirting northeast Colorado during the afternoon. That cooler air mass can be seen in the 800 mb temperature map below, situated over extreme NE Colorado, with north and northeast upslope …

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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