BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 07/01/26 | Colorado’s Fire Weather Problem Isn’t Going Anywhere Yet

We squeezed out a few brief showers and weak thunderstorms yesterday — almost exclusively north of Interstate 70, exactly where the guidance said the meager instability would be. https://twitter.com/BoulderCAST/status/2072079728912285741 Rainfall totals were trivial: most spots picked up only a few hundredths of an inch at best. A smattering of lightning strikes did occur (purple dots below), but thankfully none of …

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.