Author: Ben Castellani (Page 168 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 – Tue 01/19/21 | Clearing skies but cold temperatures

January 19, 2021 /

CDetailed Forecast Discussion: urrent GOES-East infrared satellite imagery shows the strong southern-track storm system continues to churn to our south and west with the Front Range just on the very northern fringe of the cloud cover from the system. There is an intense line of deep clouds and heavier precipitation evident stretching from the Gulf of California all the way …

BoulderCAST Daily – Thu 01/14/21 | Much cooler & still gusty

January 14, 2021 /

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: emperatures today will be nearly 30 degrees colder than yesterday following the passage of last night's Pacific cold front from the northwest. Wind gusts overnight were howling with reports of 40 to 60 MPH winds in most areas. The storm system responsible that basically blew past us to the north overnight is developing into quite the weather-maker …

BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 01/13/21 | Near 60°F before a front blasts through tonight

January 13, 2021 /

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he pattern begins to transition to a more active one beginning later this evening with the arrival of a vigorous Pacific trough and associated powerful jet streak aloft. As of this morning, the trough and jet streak have just come ashore into the Pacific Northwest. Lots of upper-level clouds are spreading into the northern Rockies with copious …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 01/12/21 | Warming up but changes tomorrow night

January 12, 2021 /

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: oday's weather will be pleasant resulting from the presence of a tilted ridge of high pressure stretching from off the coast of southern California through Colorado and into the Great Lakes region. Beneath this ridge axis, dry air is present as seen in the GOES-East mid-level water vapor satellite animation below. Today's weather will be mostly sunny …

The first snow of 2021 arrives Saturday afternoon to the Denver Metro area (Updated)

January 8, 2021 /

It hasn’t snowed in our area since last year! Well….December 28th to be more precise. However, white stuff is once again in the forecast to begin 2021. A Four Corners low pressure system will spread winter weather back into the Front Range Saturday into Saturday night. Let’s take a look at the timing and potential snowfall amounts in what is sure to be another disappointing snowfall event. 

UPDATE (7:00AM Sat 1/9/21): Adjusted snowfall forecast map slightly

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BoulderCAST Daily – Thu 01/07/21 | Not too bad today, tracking light snow for Saturday

January 7, 2021 /

WDetailed Forecast Discussion: e currently have our eyes watching two storm systems in the northwest portion of the country which will be moving eastward and near to our area in the coming days. Most of today will be under the influence of a short-lived ridge of high pressure, the same one which made for such a beautiful day yesterday. This …

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