Author: Ben Castellani (Page 118 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 08/16/22 | Staying cool & gloomy after yesterday’s localized flash flooding

August 16, 2022 /

Yesterday's widespread rainfall came together about as expected during the afternoon, evening and overnight hours. The heaviest rain was indeed south of Denver, with places like Aurora, Centennial and Highlands Ranch seeing brief flash flooding as 1.5 to 2.5" of rain fell in less than one hour. https://twitter.com/BoulderCAST/status/1559299931646488576 Areas north of Interstate 70 primarily saw just prolonged light rainfall which …

Colorado Weekend Weather Outlook: August 11, 2022

August 11, 2022 /

The story for the next few days will be the continued hot and mostly dry weather across the Front Range. The ridge of high pressure, currently located directly over northern Colorado, will slowly migrate southeastward into Oklahoma by Sunday night. Initially with this ridge directly overhead, it will prevent any storms (and even barely any clouds) from forming over our …

BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 08/10/22 | At least five more consecutive days in the 90s

August 10, 2022 /

Yesterday's official high temperature in Boulder was 92°F, with just about everyone elsewhere in the Denver Metro area reaching the lower to middle 90s as well. The map below shows the approximate high temperatures from Tuesday. Yesterday was Boulder's 34th 90-degree day of the year. To put this into perspective, the normal amount we expect to see for the entire …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 08/09/22 | Hot & dry weather takes hold for several days

August 9, 2022 /

Though climatologically our temperatures should begin trending downward during the month of August, that won't be the case this week with hot weather expected to return and intensify across the Front Range through at least Friday. The culprit of this week's heatwave will be a familiar one for us --- a large ridge of high pressure which sets up shop …

Colorado Weekend Weather Outlook: August 4, 2022

August 4, 2022 /

High pressure really starts to intensify today across New Mexico with its sphere of influence expanding further to impact the Front Range more significantly. Convection will be further reduced with moisture trending downward and temperatures aloft trending up. The best chance of isolated storms today will be across the higher elevations, including the Foothills and Palmer Divide. Storms will dissipate …

BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 08/03/22 | A bit cooler & drier today, but a couple hot days lie ahead

August 3, 2022 /

High pressure, which has flattened out a little out in the last 24 hours with the passage of yesterday's disturbance, will rebuild today and intensify as it moves slightly eastward over the remainder of the week. The GFS 500mb height anomaly forecast animation below shows the ridge's migration from the Four Corners this morning into southeast Colorado by Friday afternoon. …

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