BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 10/02/24 | Near-record heat with high fire danger to the north, no rain/snow for the next week

After a relatively chilly Tuesday, things will turn toasty again across the Front Range today as downslope flow briefly gets enhanced by a weak disturbance passing across Wyoming and northern Colorado. In the 500mb height animation below, notice today we will be under west-northwest flow. The height lines ever-so-slightly dip into northern Colorado tonight before rebounding back northward by Thursday …

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.