Author: Ben Castellani (Page 164 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 – Thu 02/25/21 | A foot of snow last night, quiet today, and blowing snow tomorrow

February 25, 2021 /

WDetailed Forecast Discussion: ow! Last night's snow event did not play out as expected at all. Instead of the upslope flow banking up against the terrain, it did a little bit of a swirl causing a persistent area of convergence right across the entire Denver Metro area. These swirling winds, which are called the Denver Cyclone, are more typical for …

BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 02/24/21 | Snow ramps up early this evening, highest totals expected in the western Metro

February 24, 2021 /

IDetailed Forecast Discussion: t's much colder this morning following the passage of the cold front last night. The entire Denver Metro area sits in the low to middle 20's as of 6:00 AM. As we've been advertising all week, winter weather is on the way later today! The storm system we're watching is located in eastern Oregon and Idaho this …

Tracking upslope snow Wednesday night, a big gradient expected (Updated)

February 23, 2021 /

It’s been a glorious start to the week so far with highs getting back above normal on Monday and Tuesday. Even though it was quite breezy at times, temperatures flirting with 60 degrees took the chill right out of the wind. The stretch of fair weather changes very soon as two cold fronts and a taste of winter weather bear down on Colorado. A widespread, upslope-driven snowfall event is gearing-up for Wednesday evening into Thursday. Let’s take a look at the timing and snowfall amounts expected across the Front Range!

UPDATE (Wed 2/24/21 7:00AM): Updated snowfall forecast map, fine-tuning amounts and the position of the expected sharp gradient. Details of these changes are included in Wednesday morning’s Premium weather discussion, found HERE.

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BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 02/23/21 | Near 60 degrees today, colder with upslope snow tomorrow

February 23, 2021 /

WDetailed Forecast Discussion: e're starting out with a mix bag of temperatures this morning across the Denver Metro area. Some places are quite mild thanks to warm downslope breezes from the west-southwest. We're talking temperatures in the 40's to lower 50's. Other areas, which haven't tapped into the warmer downslope, are seasonably chilly in the 20's. Fort Collins, Longmont, and …

This week in Colorado weather: February 22, 2021

February 22, 2021 /

The nicest weather in nearly three weeks will unfold Monday and Tuesday, but snow is just a few days away! Yet another wintry system with an unfavorable track will impact the area Wednesday evening into Thursday bringing widespread upslope snow to the Front Range. We’re also watching the potential for a more significant winter storm during the upcoming weekend, but uncertainty remains this far out. Read on for our complete outlook of the week ahead.

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Forecast Update: A quick hit of snow Saturday evening, primarily south/east of Denver

February 20, 2021 /

Another day, another chance of light snow. The theme of this winter continues as a weak storm system blazes across Colorado Saturday evening bringing a chance of snow to the region. We’ve got some jet-forcing to deal with this time, so localized bands of heavy snow are possible, but our forecast keeps most of these south and east of Denver. Let’s take a look at the timing and snowfall amounts!

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