Author: Ben Castellani (Page 232 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 12/25/18

December 25, 2018 / Ben Castellani

A calm Christmas Today will be a quiet day in the Front Range thanks to a small-scale ridge that is passing through ahead of our next storm system. You should be able to pick out the slight ridge in the 500 mb map below. The GOES-East water vapor loop has the center of the upper-low near Los Angeles this morning. …

This week in weather: December 24, 2018

December 24, 2018 / Ben Castellani

In this week’s forecast, we cover the pleasant weather for Christmas Eve and Day, potential snow amounts for Wednesday’s storm, and the big cool-down coming later this week. Unfortunately, this Christmas will not be a white one for the lower elevations. Head to the Mountains if you want snow.

Multitude of weather systems to impact Colorado in the coming days, capped off with a potential snowstorm Christmas night

December 21, 2018 / Ben Castellani

The active storm track of late will continue through the weekend and into much of next week. We discuss the four (yes four!) storms that will impact Colorado over the weekend and early next week. The last in the series has potential to bring significant snow to eastern Colorado.

DayCAST: Thu 12/20/18

December 20, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Transitional Thursday Similar to what occurred the last time a weak trough clipped Colorado (one week ago), the storm that moved through yesterday has rapidly intensified as it progressed down to the Gulf Coast. This system will ride up the eastern seaboard in the coming days bringing widespread flooding potential to much of the Northeast. Trust me when I say they really …

DayCAST: Wed 12/19/18

December 19, 2018 / Ben Castellani

All ingredients for a blustery Wednesday are coming together this morning as expected. We should see winds gradually increase in intensity through the morning across the Metro area as the nose of the jet max arrives overhead. Winds are definitely starting to pick-up in the Mountains and closer to the Wyoming border as of sunrise today. The graphic below shows …

DayCAST: Tue 12/18/18

December 18, 2018 / Ben Castellani

The unseasonably warm stretch of weather continues Despite thick upper-level clouds developing yesterday afternoon and overnight, the storm system responsible has remained well to our south with minimal impacts across northern Colorado. The low pressure in question is vertically stacked (i.e. it's dying) and is located along the New Mexico and Texas border this morning. The forecast maps below show that …

DayCAST: Thu 12/13/18

December 13, 2018 / Ben Castellani

We're now on the cool and quiet side of yesterday's storm system, which by the way has already dug southward into Texas. Today will be the coldest day of the week as north-northeasterly winds bring down an overall cooler airmass. It won't be that bad, though. After a chilly morning, temperatures will rebound nicely into the low to middle 40's …