Author: Ben Castellani (Page 124 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 – Wed 06/01/22 | Rain ends this morning leaving behind a chilly & gloomy rest of the day

The storm has performed about as expected so far with a band of most intense rainfall lingering across the northwestern Denver Metro area much of Tuesday evening and overnight. The jet- and frontal-induced band ultimately set up just southeast of Boulder, with locations like Arvada, Broomfield and Thornton likely to take the cake today with rain totals of 1.1 to …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 05/31/22 | A rainy afternoon, evening and night ahead — plus (very) late-season snow in the Foothills

Most of the time we include rain in the forecast the chance is rather low and we actually believe most of us will be spared. That's just the nature of the business in our arid climate. Don't be caught off guard though --- this will not be the case today! Everyone will see rain over the next 24 hours as …

This week in Colorado weather: May 30, 2022

The weather this week remains cool and unsettled as we transition from May into the month of June. Memorial Day will be cool and gusty, but at least it will be dry for any outdoor plans including the Bolder Boulder. We are watching a widespread upslope rain event Tuesday into Wednesday which will be cold enough to produce some late-season snow in the Foothills. Late week we warm back up with daily chances for late-day thunderstorms. Read on for our full forecast outlook of the week ahead.

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Colorado Weekend Weather Outlook: May 26, 2022

The trend towards warmer temperatures continues today with a ridge of high pressure amplifying across the Four Corners stretching into the Rockies. Flow will be mild out of the northwest on Thursday, but turns southwesterly on Friday as the ridge axis passes east opening the door for warmer temperatures --- dare we even say hot. Look for highs today in …

BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 05/25/22 | The unsettled weather is done for now as sunshine returns

Atransitional day is on-tap today as we shift from the cool/wet pattern of the early week to a much warmer and mostly dry pattern the rest of the week. The stalled cut-off low pressure to our east has slowly pushed further away into eastern Kansas, opening the door for drier northwest flow to invade Colorado this morning. As a result, …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 05/24/22 | Overcast skies with spring showers developing later on

The cooler and unsettled stretch of weather will persist today across the Front Range as a slow-moving trough of low pressure continues to push through the area. This morning's GOES-East infrared satellite animation below shows a plethora of cloud cover, mainly southeast of Denver where a closed-low is beginning to develop this morning. Counter-clockwise flow around this developing closed-low will …

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