Author: Ben Castellani (Page 218 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: Thu 05/30/19

May 30, 2019 / Ben Castellani

An end to the active pattern? We're moving into a period of slightly drier weather these next few days as Colorado resides between storm systems. The departing storm which brought the precipitation earlier in the week is now headed towards the Northeast. A secondary cut-off low will meander into southern California slowly over the next four to five days. As this …

DayCAST: Wed 05/29/19

May 29, 2019 / Ben Castellani

Our late-season spring storm system has pulled only slightly eastward today into Nebraska and has weakened further. Lingering northerly flow will keep the clouds mostly socked-in throughout our Wednesday, along with unseasonably cold air aloft across eastern Colorado. The northerly flow and cold anomaly can be seen in the 700 mb map below. Even though temperatures will be relatively cool …

This week in weather: May 28, 2019

May 28, 2019 / Ben Castellani

This week’s Front Range weather headline is yet another late-season spring storm system moving directly across Colorado on Tuesday. This will lead to a couple of very chilly days and more widespread rainfall and clouds for the Metro area. We’re even still talking about snow in the Foothills just west of Boulder. While conditions will improve as the week progresses, the chance of rain remains each day. Read on for our complete forecast of the shortened work-week ahead.

DayCAST: Mon 05/27/19

May 27, 2019 / Ben Castellani

Severe weather yesterday On Sunday, Mother Nature delivered the first severe weather outbreak to impact the Denver Metro area this year. Though most of the action was across far eastern portions of the area, as is often times the case, the skies were very ominous around Denver during the late afternoon and early evening. I was attending the afternoon Rockies …

DayCAST: Thu 05/23/19

May 23, 2019 / Ben Castellani

Gloomy Thursday Since this past Saturday afternoon, our skies have been almost completely overcast across the Denver Metro area, with very few temporal and spatial exceptions. Unfortunately, this streak isn't going to be broken today with the pesky cut-off low pressure system sliding even closer to Colorado as it treks northeastward into Utah today and then Wyoming tonight. Yuck! Abundant moisture continues …

DayCAST: Wed 05/22/19

May 22, 2019 / Ben Castellani

Two more chilly days with rain & snow Thick cloud cover overnight, including some lower clouds around Boulder, likely prevented many locations from dropping below freezing this morning. We're only reporting 34°F at BoulderCAST Station as of 6:00 AM, and observations show generally 31 to 35°F readings across the rest of the lower elevations right now. Is this perhaps some hope …

DayCAST: Tue 05/21/19

May 21, 2019 / Ben Castellani

An impressive burst of heavy snow late last evening produced a few inches of slushy accumulation across most of the Denver Metro area. With temperatures hovering between 32 and 34 degrees overnight, this snow has already started melting and that trend will conclude with most snow gone by mid-day today. Very light snow mixing with drizzle and fog will intermittently continue …