Author: Ben Castellani (Page 182 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 08/05/20 | An encore of severe storms, but hot & dry weather on the horizon

August 5, 2020 /

TDetailed Forecast Discussion he severe threat finally materialized with widespread reports of mainly large hail across much of eastern Colorado on Tuesday. While the heavy rain and hailstones largely eluded the Boulder/Denver area (big surprise, right?), severe thunderstorms did impact Erie, Firestone and Greeley. This was the scene yesterday afternoon south of Greeley following a hail-producing storm. Quite impressive! https://twitter.com/Dan_Fitts/status/1290774543171231744 …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 08/04/20 | Brief shot at severe storms this afternoon

August 4, 2020 /

TDetailed Forecast Discussion he severe weather threat that has been with us the last handful of days has been rather disappointing thus far, mainly due to a lack of large-scale forcing. The stalled frontal boundary over the area just hasn't been enough. Furthermore, the sheared-out anvils from early afternoon storms forming across the higher terrain has been putting a lid …

This week in Colorado weather: August 3, 2020

August 3, 2020 /

Even with the monsoon on possibly permanent pause, storm chances will continue through the week with large hail and damaging winds a concern as well. We need the rain as portions of the Metro area are now experiencing severe drought. Late in the week, winds shift and drier air will work into Colorado from the southwest leading to reduced storm chances. We discuss this and more in our weekly outlook.

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BoulderCAST Daily – Thu 07/30/20 | Cooler with a few storms along the base of the Foothills

July 30, 2020 /

TDetailed Forecast Discussion hat pesky low pressure to our east is still the main discussion point in today's forecast. The center of the low is located in far eastern Nebraska and Kansas this morning and it will slowly sag further south and east through the day. On its western edge, a weak trough axis is oriented westward into Colorado with …

BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 07/29/20 | Is the monsoon dead already?

July 29, 2020 /

TDetailed Forecast Discussion he shortwave trough axis that brought scattered showers and storms to the area yesterday has pushed off to the east into Kansas and Nebraska. The actual low pressure still resides further north and west back across Wyoming. GOES-East infrared satellite imagery this mornings shows the setup well. We see the spinning low in Wyoming, the line of …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 07/28/20 | Widespread storms pushing off the higher terrain

July 28, 2020 /

TDetailed Forecast Discussion oday will offer up our best chance of rain for the week as a shortwave trough is passing across the northern Rockies. The timing during the afternoon will work well with solar heating to produce scattered to widespread showers and storms. Convection and storms will pop-up first in the Mountains by early afternoon and then spread eastward …

BoulderCAST Daily – Thu 07/23/20 | A strange, easterly wave train continues into Mexico and Desert Southwest

July 23, 2020 /

ADetailed Forecast Discussion nother warm day is in-store with weak southwest flow across Colorado and slight ridging lingering just to the east of our area. The pattern over the continental United States is a strange one right now. The high pressure center which held for so long over Arizona and New Mexico has shifted north and east into the Great …

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