Author: Ben Castellani (Page 136 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.

Weekend Weather Snapshot: January 20, 2022

Yesterday's icing event played out about as we had expected. Travel became rather treacherous during the daytime hours, especially on side streets and sidewalks! Very light snow was reported on the back half of the day, but most areas likely saw just a trace or 0.1" at most. The cold airmass remains across the area this morning and lingering moisture …

BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 01/19/22 | Slick travel as freezing drizzle transitions to snow flurries

Low clouds, fog, and freezing drizzle have developed right on schedule during the early morning hours. The temperature and dew point values at BoulderCAST Station have slowly converged overnight to bring us to the current situation --- 25°F with freezing fog and mist. Most of northeast Colorado now sits in the teens and 20's with widespread fog and freezing drizzle …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 01/18/22 | Mild & cloudy today, freezing drizzle develops overnight into Wednesday

⦁❶⦁ One last mild day in the 50’s before things turn colder for the rest of the week

⦁❷⦁ Two cold fronts will arrive today, the second of which this evening will usher in a shallow Arctic airmass

⦁❸⦁ Freezing fog and drizzle will develop late tonight into Wednesday with a light glaze of ice making for slick travel in spots

⦁❹⦁ There will be another chance of winter weather on Friday (light snow)

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Weekend Weather Snapshot: January 13, 2022

One more quiet and warm day is on-tap for the area as the ridge axis finally begins to shift eastward today into tonight. We begin the day under the same northwest flow and flattened ridge pattern we've seen much of the week. However, by the late-day period, warmer west-southwest flow will work in aloft helping to boost our temperatures by …

BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 01/12/22 | Staying mild through Thursday, but cold with light snow Friday

Another quiet day is expected across the Front Range today as high pressure remains in control across the southwestern portion of the country. The jet stream is just to our north, but it will have little influence on our weather for now. A low pressure system will be moving into the Pacific Northwest later tonight --- this is the one …

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