Author: Ben Castellani (Page 127 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.

This week in Colorado weather: April 25, 2022

April 25, 2022 /

Much-needed light rain and snow showers fell across the area on Sunday, the first precipitation many of us have seen in over two weeks. The period ahead will unfortunately not continue that trend with mostly dry conditions and above normal temperatures expected to close out the month of April. We are watching a potential storm around the Friday timeframe. Once again it looks to offer wind and elevated fire danger, but sadly little in the way of precipitation. Read on for our full outlook of the weather week ahead.

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BoulderCAST Daily – Sun 04/24/22 | Increasing clouds with rain/snow developing in the Foothills, a slight chance of rain showers in the western Metro

April 24, 2022 /

Infrared satellite imagery shows an impressive lingering storm system across the Dakotas this morning. Yes, this is yet another low pressure the produced blizzard conditions well to our north. We've had just wind and resulting high fire danger across the Front Range so far over the last 48 hours. As you can see in the animation above, there is some …

Weekend Weather Outlook: April 21, 2022

April 21, 2022 /

⦁❶⦁ Lesser fire concerns Thursday as winds relax and highs climb into the upper 70s under sunny skies

⦁❷⦁ A very strong storm will move across the Rockies on Friday creating a slew of weather impacts for the state — extreme fire danger, high winds, dust storms, mountain snow and severe thunderstorms

⦁❸⦁ WARNING: Extremely high fire danger Friday afternoon and evening with wind gusts 40+ MPH everywhere in the Front Range

⦁❹⦁ Cooler temperatures in the 50s with more clouds and a chance of rain showers both days this weekend

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BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 04/20/22 | Mild & mostly sunny with afternoon breezes elevating fire danger

April 20, 2022 /

Acold front moved through overnight and as a result, we'll be slightly cooler today with highs comfortably in the lower 70s. The first trough of the week has pushed east of Colorado and in its wake, sunny skies have taken over. This sunshine will be with us for a few days as the next shortwave ridge passes through. The GOES-East …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 04/19/22 | Breezy & warm with elevated fire danger

April 19, 2022 /

Winds ramp back up today as the next storm system approaches during the day and slides across the northern Rockies tonight, largely missing Colorado in the process and producing just zonal downslope flow across the Front Range. Winds won't be too bad today, but west wind gusts of 20 to 25 MPH are expected from late morning into the early …

This week in Colorado weather: April 18, 2022

April 18, 2022 /

The last month has been very dry across the Denver Metro area with the progress we’ve made this year towards eradicating the drought starting to reverse. Wind and high fire danger have been rampant of late and that isn’t going to change this week, though it won’t be nearly as bad as recent times. Temperatures will be up and down through the days ahead, but prospects for any precipitation remain woefully slim.

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