Author: Ben Castellani (Page 195 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.

Southern-track storm to bring a small amount of wet snow Sunday

February 22, 2020 / Ben Castellani

A potent southern-track storm system will scoot across southern Colorado on Sunday bringing the return of winter weather to the Front Range. While warmer temperatures will limit the overall impact, we are expecting a small amount of accumulating snow for much of the Denver Metro area. Read our latest forecast and see where your location lands on our snowfall forecast map.

DayCAST: Thu 02/20/20

February 20, 2020 / Ben Castellani

Another cold day under Arctic high pressure Following the light snow yesterday, which ended in most areas before midnight, skies cleared and temperatures dropped like a rock into the single digits and even below zero in the Foothills overnight. We'll post the snowfall totals later this morning when more reports come in, but it looks like most areas picked up …

Premium Storm Update Wed 02/19/20 10:00AM

February 19, 2020 / Ben Castellani

The birds-eye perspective from GOES-East this morning gives us a nice look at the developing weather situation across Colorado. A few deeper clouds and isolated snow bands are present across far southern and eastern portions of the state associated with an exiting jet streak. Look closely at the lower stratus clouds blanketing northeast Colorado and you will notice a bit …

Boulder & Denver Snowfall Reports: February 17-18, 2020

February 18, 2020 / Ben Castellani

A short review of the tiny snow totals from Monday night into Tuesday morning.

DayCAST: Tue 02/18/20

February 18, 2020 / Ben Castellani

Light snow wanes, another round tomorrow The speedy shortwave disturbance responsible for the light taste of snow overnight will quickly exit eastward this morning into Kansas and Nebraska. The GFS model 500mb vorticity forecast maps below show the transition of the exiting wave through the day. Snow has tapered off already for most areas, but light snow could persist in …

This week in Colorado weather: February 17, 2020 (Updated)

February 17, 2020 / Ben Castellani

A continued flow of weak weather systems into Colorado this week will lead to a duet of light snow chances and unseasonably cold temperatures through mid-week. However, things take a much warmer turn heading into the weekend.

Update (Mon 2/17/20 3:00 PM): Added our official snowfall forecast map for light snow falling Monday evening and night.

Premium Exclusive An early look at the Presidents Day snow potential

February 14, 2020 / Ben Castellani

Happy Friday! A nice shift to downslope today will help to scour out the lingering cold and polluted Arctic airmass across the Front Range. After a morning low of just 13 degrees at BoulderCAST Station, we're forecasting a high in the lower 50's this afternoon with light winds and just a few wave clouds filling the skies. As nice as …