Author: Ben Castellani (Page 230 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: Tue 01/15/18

January 15, 2019 / Ben Castellani

Mountain snow tonight and tomorrow The amplified (blocking) ridge of high pressure across the northern Rockies is showing signs of breaking down this morning. It will still bring yet another quiet period of weather to the state for today. However, general troughing across the western United States will consolidate, under-cut the ridge, and move into Colorado by midnight tonight. The …

DayCAST: Sun 01/13/18

January 13, 2019 / Ben Castellani

We're starting out cold this morning with temperatures in the teens across most of the Metro area. A large, blocking high pressure is present across the northern Rockies, with a weak and elongated trough stretching nearly perfectly west-to-east across the entire United States. Despite Colorado's location beneath this trough axis, there won't be much happening here, outside of a few …

Premium Storm Update: Wet snow forecast on-track

January 11, 2019 / Ben Castellani

UPDATE (January 11 2019 at 10:00 AM): Winter has arrived to portions of the Metro area already this morning. After an initial wave of light rain, precipitation has changed over to snow across most of the region. Some light rain or a rain/snow mix still exists from Longmont northeastward towards Greeley and Fort Collins based on the webcams. This is …

DayCAST: Thu 01/10/19

January 10, 2019 / Ben Castellani

The weather story for today will be the continuation of above normal temperatures and dry conditions for all of Colorado. It seems like it has been way longer, but our last precipitation was the New Year's Eve snowstorm ten days ago. The pattern really isn't favorable at all right now to any significant storm activity to come to our region. The northeast Pacific …

DayCAST: Wed 01/09/19

January 9, 2019 / Ben Castellani

Great two days of weather ahead Quiet weather is expected today and tomorrow for the Denver Metro area as large-scale ridging builds across the center of the country. With the ridge axis passing to the east of us today, this will open the door for warmer southwest flow to reach the area. In theory, this should lead to warmer weather for us, …

DayCAST: Tue 01/08/19

January 8, 2019 / Ben Castellani

Wind reports from Monday Winds on Monday, while fairly strong, were not as intense as the models were forecasting, despite a good mix of ingredients coming together across the Front Range. The mountain wave in particular never really came crashing down into the Boulder area. This kept winds from reaching truly dangerous levels. Still we saw some impressive peak gusts …

This week in weather: January 7, 2019

January 7, 2019 / Ben Castellani

While the upcoming week will feature dry conditions and warm temperatures by January’s standards, the primary concern will be the very strong bora wind event making for dangerous travel at times on Monday west of Interstate 25. Read on for our full outlook of the upcoming week.