Author: Ben Castellani (Page 197 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.

DayCAST: Wed 02/05/20

February 5, 2020 / Ben Castellani

Staying cold! The final upslope flurries have ceased overnight with skies becoming partly cloudy after midnight. As a result, temperatures have dropped like a rock with most areas across the Plains near or slightly below zero this morning and well below zero in the Foothills. The freezing cold Arctic airmass is visible in the GFS 700mb temperature map for today …

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February 3, 2020 / Ben Castellani

As of 8AM, freezing drizzle is being reported across most of northeast Colorado from Denver northward. Webcams and radar also indicate some light snow falling across the Estes Park/Lyons area with colder air apparently already working into that region. Temperatures are in the low to middle 20's in Boulder and will continue to slowly drop through the day. Freezing drizzle …

First significant winter storm of 2020 is taking aim on Front Range

February 2, 2020 / Ben Castellani

Over the course of the next 24 hours, there will be a drastic change in our weather! Temperatures will fall nearly 60 degrees, with the warm spring breezes of Sunday afternoon being replaced with freezing drizzle, snowflakes, and bitter cold. Let’s take a look at the incoming winter storm set to drop our first significant snowfall of the New Year, including timing and snowfall amounts.

*Premium Storm Update* Mon 2/3/2020 8:00AM: We discuss when the freezing drizzle will change to snow and why we think Monday’s evening commute will be very treacherous. Click HERE to read.

DayCAST: Thu 01/30/20

January 30, 2020 / Ben Castellani

For real: Our last chance of January snow! A few snowflakes did fall across the area last night after sunset, but no accumulation was reported in most areas. Still just a trace for the month in the city of Boulder. The radar animation depicting the isolated snow showers last evening is shown below. They were indeed few and far between. …

DayCAST: Wed 01/29/20

January 29, 2020 / Ben Castellani

The "last hurrah" for snow in January A weak disturbance is dropping south out of the northern Rockies. You can see this system in the GFS 500mb height anomaly animation below as it tracks from near Salt Lake City this morning into Mexico by tonight. It's a quick-mover with a track that is far west of our area. Nonetheless, some …

Very little snow has fallen since December 1st

January 24, 2020 / Ben Castellani

DayCAST: Thu 01/23/20

January 23, 2020 / Ben Castellani

An uneventful Thursday Yesterday's weak cold front passed with little more than a few brief gusts of wind. Today will be a rather quiet day with northwest flow aloft. The "clipper" system that bypassed our area is now stationed across Missouri, with a ridge of high pressure to our southwest. Temperatures will rise into the mid to upper 40's this …