Author: Ben Castellani (Page 211 of 301)

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: Thu 03/29/18

March 29, 2018 / Ben Castellani

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DayCAST: Wed 03/28/18

March 28, 2018 / Ben Castellani

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DayCAST: Tue 03/27/18

March 27, 2018 / Ben Castellani

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DayCAST: Mon 03/26/18

March 26, 2018 / Ben Castellani

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A couple inches of wet snow possible Monday evening

March 25, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Despite the warm weather of late, snow is once again headed to our region Monday evening and night. We provide details on the timing and potential snowfall amounts for this quick-moving spring storm.

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DayCAST: Sat 03/24/18

March 24, 2018 / Ben Castellani

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Forecasting 101: What are snow-to-liquid ratios and why do we care?

March 23, 2018 / Ben Castellani

We often include at least some discussion in our wintry forecasts about snow-to-liquid ratios. In this post, we explain what they are, why they matter, and examine the historical snow ratio record for Front Range Colorado.

Atmospheric river currently besieging California, bringing snow to Colorado for Friday

March 22, 2018 / Ben Castellani

As we mentioned in our weekly outlook, a true atmospheric river event is underway, pumping deep tropical moisture into the southwestern United States right now! The moisture influx will mainly be impacting California and Nevada, but Colorado won’t escape totally unscathed. Plus we take a look ahead to a soggy/snowy forecast for early next week.