Author: Ben Castellani (Page 137 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 01/11/22 | More clouds but still pleasant

January 11, 2022 /

Afetch of wave clouds has started to develop early this morning as an ever-so-slight shortwave disturbance is passing through Colorado embedded in the northwest flow. This feature is draped from North Dakota into Arizona right now and the resulting line of clouds can be seen in the infrared satellite animation below. There's barely enough moisture with this system to produce …

This week in Colorado weather: January 10, 2022

January 10, 2022 /

An unsettled weather pattern the last few weeks has brought heavy snow to the Mountains and a couple of decent snow events to the Denver Metro area as well. We’re now starting to get back on-track for snow. However, the week ahead will be mild and sunny for the most part, but we are watching a system set to move in on Friday for cooler temperatures and a chance of light snow.

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Weekend Weather Snapshot: January 6, 2022

January 6, 2022 /

The ongoing snow event unfolded about as expected with bursts of moderate to heavy snow during the afternoon and evening yesterday. However, it appears to have come in on the higher-end of model forecasts which we did hopefully convey our worries about in our forecast. We definitely can use the extra moisture! Snow observations so far have been few and …

BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 01/05/22 | The bitter cold & snow arrive late afternoon into evening, snow amounts still uncertain

January 5, 2022 /

Avery tricky forecast unfortunately remains for today as models failed to come into better agreement overnight on how exactly the wintry event later on will play out. The main forecasting challenge lies in the fact that nearly every high-resolution model shows weak banding with this event and thus lower-end snow totals --- 1/2 to 3" from Denver to Fort Collins. …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 01/04/22 | High winds today gusting up to 70 MPH, brief heavy snow tomorrow

January 4, 2022 /

The nose of a strong jet streak is projected to be directly over the Front Range today and tomorrow with a favorable setup developing for high winds across the Mountains and Foothills, with potent winds also possible across the bulk of the Denver Metro area as well. Further north along the Wyoming border, more of a classic bora-type wind event …

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