Author: Ben Castellani (Page 130 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.

Premium Storm Update – Thu 03/17/22 7:00 AM | Light snow continues into early afternoon with up to 3″ of additional accumulation

March 17, 2022 /

Everything has unfolded roughly as we had expected so far. Widespread moderate rainfall changed over to wet snow a bit before midnight last night in most areas, with temperatures only dropping to around the freezing mark overnight. Our concern for warmer temperatures delaying the change-over and preventing much snow from sticking seems to have verified from parts of Boulder northward …

BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 03/16/22 | Cloudy with rain changing to wet & slushy snow tonight

March 16, 2022 /

The forecast remains on-track today but with lingering uncertainty in exactly how much snow will accumulate across particularly the lower elevations this evening into Thursday. The main core with this system is still expected to pass well to our south, but a secondary patch of energy will move directly over Denver late this evening and linger into tomorrow providing plenty …

Winter Weather Update: A sloppy spring storm will have rain changing to snow Wednesday night

March 15, 2022 /

Another Wednesday, another winter storm is going to hit the Front Range! A Pacific trough will impact the area Wednesday into Thursday bringing a return of the white stuff to the Boulder-Denver Metro. Unlike the last handful of snowstorms, this one will have just enough cold air to turn rain over to snow across the entire area. Snowfall amounts remain somewhat uncertain, but most of us should expect at least a couple inches of slushy snow by midday Thursday, with much more in the higher terrain. Let’s take a look at our first “warm” winter storm of the season!

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BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 03/15/22 | Mild & sunny today, rain changing to snow tomorrow

March 15, 2022 /

Today will be the warmest day of the week as a shortwave ridge axis slides across the area and flow turns to be west-southwesterly across Colorado. This will help usher in milder weather for us after the slight cooldown yesterday. Later today the next storm system we are watching will come ashore into the Pacific Northwest. It will dig southward …

Weekend Weather Snapshot: March 10, 2022

March 10, 2022 /

Very light snow continues to fall this morning in Boulder thanks to lingering weak upslope draped across the Front Range. This is something we talked about in our forecast but weren't sure about exactly. It doesn't seem like the snow will last much longer though with upslope progged to relax through the morning. Little to no additional accumulation is expected. …

Premium Storm Update – Wed 03/09/22 7:00 AM | Falling temperatures with snow through the day into tomorrow

March 9, 2022 /

The leading edge of the Arctic airmass moved through overnight around 3:30AM into Boulder. Temperatures have dropped from the 20's into the teens and light snow has developed across northern areas of the Front Range. Currently most of us are in the upper teens and it won't get much warmer than this today as the cold airmass continues to tighten …

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