Author: Ben Castellani (Page 100 of 358)

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.

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 03/28/23 | A bitter cold morning kicks off a few boring weather days

Following yesterday's fresh snow and then skies clearing overnight, temperatures have plummeted across northeast Colorado early this morning. Most areas are in the teens and single digits, but Boulder is one of the few "warm" spots in the 20s right now. When factoring in the wind, it is surprisingly cold out there for this late in March --- especially out …

This Week in Colorado Weather: March 27, 2023

After widespread snow and unseasonably cold weather on Monday, things quiet down for the midweek period with a nice warm-up headed to the Front Range. A secondary storm system will reach the area Thursday into Friday with Mountain snowfall ramping up again along with another chance of snow in the Denver area to close out the month of March. Read on for all the details.

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BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 03/22/23 | Spotty rain/snow showers through the day, heavy Mountain snow continues

Water vapor imagery this morning shows a closed-low still stalled out near the Bay Area --- essentially making no eastward progress over the last 36 hours. Out ahead of this low, several shortwave disturbances and deep moisture are pushing across the Four Corners region (though there is a bit of a dry slot mixed in to everything). Abundant moisture, springtime …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 03/21/23 | Mountain snow revs back up this evening, staying seasonal & mostly dry to the east

Another atmospheric river is flowing into southern California this morning and that moisture will head towards Colorado this evening through Wednesday bringing another round of heavy snow to the Mountains. The low pressure throwing this moisture our way is located off the coast of central California. There is still some light snow falling now across the Mountains from yesterday's system …

Winter Weather Update: Following this 70-degree Wednesday, rain will change to snow late tonight

A potent atmospheric river event is ongoing across the southwestern United States right now including portions of western Colorado. After our warmest day in more than four months on Wednesday, this moist system will enter the picture for the Front Range Wednesday night with rain changing to snow across the Plains and Foothills as a cold front slides through. Though the best upslope will be south and southwest of Denver with this event, most everyone will see snowflakes amounting to a several inches in some places and just a dusting in others. Let’s take a look at the expecting timing of the change-over to snow, snowfall amounts, and the travel impacts in the works as winter weather returns to the Front Range.

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