Author: Ben Castellani (Page 194 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 03/04/20 | Back in the 60’s

March 4, 2020 /

Detailed Forecast Discussion: Over the next few days, high pressure will build into Colorado from the west. While the ridge is taking its time to move in, we're already feeling some of its effects today with gorgeous conditions expected. In between an approaching trough in Montana and the cut-off low in Texas, our weather will be quiet across the Front …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 03/03/20 | Snow continues to melt as temperatures warm up

March 3, 2020 /

Detailed Forecast Discussion: After a blanket of wet snow Sunday night, low clouds and fog melted away like butter yesterday morning. As usual, the stratus deck hung around longest in the Boulder Valley. The GOES-East visible satellite animation from Monday morning shows the dissipating clouds and melting snow. We can also see which areas got hit the hardest with the …

Winter Storm Update: Pockets of heavy snow Sunday evening, thundersnow possible

March 1, 2020 /

Spring is in the air! An interesting weather setup is taking shape to change rain over to snow across the Boulder-Denver area late in the day Sunday into Sunday night. In general, snow amounts will be just a few inches, but we are concerned that springtime convection and cold temperatures may combine Sunday evening to produce embedded pockets of very heavy snow, possibly accompanied by thunder. Read on for our complete forecast and our thoughts on where thundersnow is most likely Sunday evening.

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BoulderCAST Daily – Thu 02/27/20 | More of the same

February 27, 2020 /

Detailed Forecast Discussion: Today will be rather similar to yesterday with continued cool northwest flow lingering over the Rockies. Yet another shortwave disturbance will transgress the area this morning. While the system is a tad stronger than yesterday's, it is tracking slightly further north and east of our area. The result will be a short resurgence of light snow in …

GFS 500mb height anomaly forecast for today

BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 02/26/20 | Much warmer today, but still cooler than average

February 26, 2020 /

Detailed Forecast Discussion: The cold airmass which overtook the Front Range yesterday has made some progress eastward. In its wake, dry and subsident northwest flow has taken control across pretty much the entire western half of the United States, including our area. While we do expect generally quiet and sunny conditions through the day today, there is a TINY disturbance …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 02/25/20 | Cold & blustery with a chance of snow

February 25, 2020 /

Detailed Forecast Discussion: A cut-off low is developing across Kansas this morning and will continue to track east and away from our region. This is the same system that prompted all of the Snow Squall Warnings across Colorado yesterday morning. This system has one more trick up its sleeve for eastern Colorado before it departs: rotating around the northwestern flank …

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