Author: Ben Castellani (Page 140 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: December 9, 2021

December 9, 2021 /

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he main event of the week, a sharp Pacific trough, has finally come ashore this morning and will be moving towards Colorado through the day and tonight. Ahead of this trough, strong west-southwesterly flow will continue to hammer away at the Mountains with widespread orographic snowfall occuring statewide. There's about a 36-hour window where the Mountains will …

BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 12/08/21 | Increasing clouds and dry today as heavy snow begins to ramp up in the Mountains

December 8, 2021 /

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: emperatures are forecast to warm well above normal this afternoon after a few cooler days. We'll briefly be under the influence of a weak ridge this morning before heights begin to fall this afternoon ahead of our next storm system. There's not much to say about today, other than it will be fairly pleasant with temperatures in …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 12/07/21 | Fairly quiet today with temperatures near 50, plus an update on the late-week snow

December 7, 2021 /

LDetailed Forecast Discussion: ight snow has been falling in the Mountains overnight with minor accumulations noted on the  webcams (1" Steamboat, 2" Winter Park). This snowfall across the higher terrain is being forced orographically by northwest flow that has just a hint of embedded moisture. Today's 500mb pattern, shown below, highlights a broad trough across the Great Lakes with an …

Weekend Weather Snapshot: December 2, 2021

December 2, 2021 /

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he main focus for our Thursday will be yet another run for record heat this afternoon as a broad ridge of high pressure sits across the western two thirds of the country. The airmass across eastern Colorado is already extremely warm for this time of year, but it actually warms ever-so-slightly more compared to yesterday. In addition, …

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