Alarge closed-low pressure is currently spinning in eastern Oregon --- this is the primary weather player across the west right now. Here's the latest GOES-East infrared satellite imagery of this impressive system from early this morning. Out ahead of this trough, yet another shortwave system is passing through this morning into midday (notice the vorticity maximum in southeast Utah above), …

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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