Author: Ben Castellani (Page 159 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 – Wed 04/21/21 | Continued cold with on-and-off snow showers today & tonight

April 21, 2021 /

ODetailed Forecast Discussion: ur main storm system of concern right now is still a fair bit away along the California-Nevada border. That's just fine though, as the elevated moisture plume from this low is already flowing into Colorado this morning from the southwest and the cold air left behind by our last snowstorm on Monday is still entrenched across eastern …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 04/20/21 | A bitter cold morning with partly cloudy skies, another chance of snow tomorrow

April 20, 2021 /

HDetailed Forecast Discussion: eavy snow fell throughout most of Monday evening across the area with snow wrapping up after midnight last night. Totals appear to have landed somewhere around 5" in Denver, 10" in Boulder, and as much as 15" in the Foothills of western Boulder County. The radar animation below is from around 8PM Monday evening when heavy snow …

This week in Colorado weather: April 19, 2021

April 19, 2021 /

This week kicks off with a bang as widespread moderate to heavy snow will develop Monday afternoon and evening across the Front Range as an impressive but ultimately quick-moving Arctic cold front impacts the region. Watch out for deteriorating travel conditions Monday afternoon into Monday night. Another storm will arrive around mid-week with additional snowfall accumulations likely. Our weather will remain unsettled heading into the weekend, but with more rain than snow expected. Read on for our complete forecast of the week ahead.

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Forecast Update: Widespread rain will change to snow Thursday evening, lingers into Friday

April 15, 2021 /

The pesky trough that produced cold and gloomy weather all week long for us will finally push across Colorado Thursday night into Friday. This passage will produce widespread showers from late afternoon Thursday into the overnight. It will begin as rain, but quickly change to snow with several inches of accumulation likely for the Denver Metro area. Let’s take a closer look at this storm and where the most snow will fall. Continue reading

BoulderCAST Daily – Thu 04/15/21 | Rain changing to snow just before rush hour, could be heavy at times

April 15, 2021 /

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: oday is the day we've been waiting for all week long expecting the best chances of snow across the Front Range and that indeed will be the case. The closed-low is situated just west of Salt Lake City this morning, with a long fetch of southwesterly flow present across Colorado. The low pressure will move eastward and …

BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 04/14/21 | A chance of some sun today & warmer, the main event of snow is still tomorrow night

April 14, 2021 /

IDetailed Forecast Discussion: t seems that last night's wave of snow came in much lighter than expected across the area, with just another dusting on the ground in Boulder this morning. We'll need to diagnose the situation further, but I suspect that low-level winds being unexpectedly northwesterly played a large part in the drier overnight. The big stalled low pressure …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 04/13/21 | Round one of the snow ends this morning, but round two begins later today

April 13, 2021 /

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he first wave of snow for the week is underway right now with very light snow falling across much of the northwestern Denver Metro area this morning. There is a light dusting of accumulation in Boulder so far, with an inch or two on the ground in the Foothills where more moderate snow has been falling through …

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