Author: Ben Castellani (Page 165 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 02/18/21 | Staying cold & clearing out, next snow chance comes late Saturday

February 18, 2021 /

FDetailed Forecast Discussion: or all the constant attention that the Arctic outbreak last week and weekend got, it barely produced any snowfall for our area. However, yesterday's unique convective setup flew under the radar of most and was able to put down some impressive snow in localized areas last night. We're seeing reports of 10" or more in Jamestown, Larkspur, …

Heads up! Difficult-to-predict convective snow showers will be around Wednesday afternoon and evening ⚠️

February 17, 2021 /

An intriguing weather setup is developing today that will bring a high likelihood of scattered heavy snow showers to the Front Range Wednesday afternoon and evening. The focus will be across the western Denver Metro area, but everyone stands a chance at some snow. We discuss potential snowfall amounts and the impacts to the Wednesday evening commute.

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BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 02/17/21 | Watch out for pockets of convective snow later today!

February 17, 2021 /

FDetailed Forecast Discussion: ollowing yesterday's isolated snow showers which amounted to little or no accumulation, we'll have another more numerous round to deal with later today. A large trough remains anchored across the center of the country with colder weather prevailing in many areas. Across Colorado, yet another shortwave disturbance has kicked up along the base of this trough. This …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 02/16/21 | Back into the 30’s with isolated snow showers

February 16, 2021 /

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he coldest weather of the last decade is now behind us with the potent low pressure center responsible having weakened and shifted eastward into Québec. However, there won't be a magical switch flipped with warmer temperatures taking over immediately. Most of the continental United States is still within a deep polar trough. As such, high temperatures today …

Winter Weather Update: Extreme cold & light snow will linger the next five days

February 11, 2021 /

It’s certainly busy in the weather world this weekend as the coldest air in years arrives to eastern Colorado alongside several chances for light snow. The weather models have largely come into agreement regarding what will transpire in the coming days and thus our forecast confidence is growing. We discuss just how cold it will get, the timing on those snow chances and give our preliminary snowfall forecast for the region. Let’s take a look.

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BoulderCAST Daily – Thu 02/11/21 | Bunker down for a very cold stretch ahead

February 11, 2021 /

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he Arctic airmass has gone nowhere and we're in for another unseasonably chilly day, beginning with low clouds, patchy freezing fog and a few flurries. This morning's GOES-East infrared satellite imagery shows the extent of the very cold air (below). Typically at our latitudes the purple, blue and green shadings are used to identify cold cloud tops. …

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