DayCAST: Wed 06/22/16

The 500 mb pattern right now is mostly zonal, with slight ridging present across the core of the Rockies. As has been the case recently, the weak ridge isn't enough to keep shots of cold air at bay. The piece of energy above located across Minnesota has a trailing cold front that moved into Colorado very early this morning. This …

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.