Author: Ben Castellani (Page 162 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 – Fri 03/19/21 | A beautiful end to the week, but rain/snow taking shape for Sunday

DDetailed Forecast Discussion: ry weather will ensue for the last full day of winter across all of Colorado.  The ridge that was parked over the Rockies yesterday will continue to dominate our weather leading to sunny skies and highs warming further. The remaining deep snowpack on the ground has curtailed the magnitude of our warming trend this week, even more …

BoulderCAST Daily – Thu 03/18/21 | Sunny with temperatures in the 40’s

QDetailed Forecast Discussion: uiet and largely boring weather will be the story as we close out the week. A broad ridge is situated across the Rockies right now with an axis extending from the Four Corners northward into southern Canada. Dry air and large-scale subsidence will lead to sunny conditions today with a just a few thinner highs clouds streaming …

BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 03/17/21 | Decreasing clouds and cool, quiet weather ahead

HDetailed Forecast Discussion: appy St. Patrick's Day! The major winter storm which brought only light snow flurries to our area last evening continues to head eastward through the panhandle of Texas. Blizzard conditions are winding down across southern Colorado this morning, but a very dangerous situation will follow this low pressure as it progresses eastward in the coming days. A …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 03/16/21 | Areas of fog early, then spotty light snow through the day & tonight

DDetailed Forecast Discussion: ense Fog Advisories are posted this morning for most of northeast Colorado with the fresh snowpack on the ground. However, based on observations, the worst of the fog is quite spotty and located well east of the Denver Metro area. Nonetheless, don't be surprised to see some patchy freezing fog this morning with reduced visibilities. A secondary …

BoulderCAST Daily – Thu 03/11/21 | A slight delay in the winter storm but still expecting feet of snow

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he much anticipated winter storm is nearing closer, but we still have about 48 hours of comparatively mundane weather to discuss beforehand. Despite the huge approaching trough, there is a slight "bump" in the height fields over Colorado today which is an embedded shortwave ridge. This will facilitate mostly quiet conditions through the day for eastern Colorado. …

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