Author: Ben Castellani (Page 221 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.

Late-season accumulating snow likely Monday afternoon and Monday night

April 28, 2019 / Ben Castellani

Considering how warm and beautiful the weather has been of late, it’s a little shocking that we are now talking snow to end the month of April. But alas, this is the norm for Front Range Colorado. We provide our preliminary thoughts on big changes in the weather headed our way Monday, including significant snow in the Foothills and lesser amounts for Boulder and Denver as well.

DayCAST: Thu 04/25/19

April 25, 2019 / Ben Castellani

Slightly cooler today A weak cold front moved through overnight and today will be a little cooler than yesterday as a result. The timeline of surface observations from BoulderCAST Station below shows that the front moved through just after 1:00 AM last night... Expect highs in the mid to upper 60's with morning low clouds clearing to mostly sunny skies …

DayCAST: Wed 04/24/19

April 24, 2019 / Ben Castellani

A relatively boring stretch of weather lies ahead for northeast Colorado... We're in-between weather features today, with an exiting weak trough to our east and an approaching flattened ridge to our west. Admittedly, we're more in the ridge than the trough and our weather will respond accordingly with highs climbing into the low to middle 70's! There will be a patch …

DayCAST: Tue 04/23/19

April 23, 2019 / Ben Castellani

Rainfall totals combined between Sunday and Monday ranged from 0.1 to 0.5" across the Metro area. The remaining storm system has disconnected from the main flow and has tracked into northern Mexico and is now moving very slowly (see below). Last Friday we warned that this system could do just this, but fortunately the storm's track has gone much further south …

This week in weather: April 22, 2019

April 22, 2019 / Ben Castellani

A cool and dreary Monday will give way to a generally pleasant rest of the week with warming temperatures. We also discuss the slim chance of seeing additional snowfall this season.

DayCAST: Fri 04/19/19

April 19, 2019 / Ben Castellani

Warm and sunny now, rainy Easter Sunday All is quiet to end the week in Colorado. A formidable-looking ridge of high pressure is building across the Rockies today, with dry, subsident and warm air moving across the state. Highs will climb into the low to middle 70's under mostly sunny skies. Not a bad conclusion to the week! If you look …

DayCAST: Thu 04/18/19

April 18, 2019 / Ben Castellani

A windy day of transition Today will be a day of change as we progress from the unsettled weather yesterday to a quiet and very warm late week and early weekend. A weak cold front and/or outflow boundary moved through after midnight last night. Maybe you didn't notice, but preceding this, a few thunderstorms actually formed across the Thornton and …