Author: Ben Castellani (Page 233 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: Wed 12/12/18

December 12, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Cold front this evening with chance of flurries The major weather feature for this week is a potent, southward diving trough that will move across Colorado later tonight. It's only relatively major for the Front Range since this week has such mundane weather... Before this system gets here however, expect another mild day with a fair amount of cloud cover …

DayCAST: Tue 12/11/18

December 11, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Good morning folks! The first trough we discussed in our weekly outlook yesterday will be scooting across Colorado during the afternoon hours today. The 500 mb map below shows where things stand as of this morning. An elongated trough axis extends from Montana through Utah and into southern California. Ahead of this trough, unseasonably mild temperatures are present across most …

This week in weather: December 10, 2018

December 10, 2018 / Ben Castellani

The week ahead will feature two quick-moving troughs that will impact weather here in Colorado. The first will arrive Tuesday night, with a second one soon to follow just 24 hours later Wednesday night. As a result, our weather will be in a general state of transition much of the week. Read on for details.

DayCAST: Thu 12/06/18

December 6, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Cold Thursday Following last evening's cold frontal passage, somewhat shallow and very chilly air is banked up against the Continental Divide this morning across all of eastern Colorado. Winds are out of the east and northeast (see below) and with just enough moisture around, a few spotty snow showers will linger north and west of Denver from Boulder into Fort …

DayCAST: Wed 12/05/18

December 5, 2018 / Ben Castellani

We discuss the insanely dry air out there today….the driest in Boulder since March of 2017. Plus a check on this evening’s cold front and snowfall potential for the Metro area.

DayCAST: Tue 12/04/18

December 4, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Sunny but cool Tuesday The weak upper-level energy that brought patchy light snow showers to the region last night has whisked eastward into Kansas today. On the backside of the wave, very dry northwest flow has taken over across the northern Rockies, including Colorado. Another way of seeing this pipeline of dry air is via the mid-level water vapor animation …

DayCAST: Thu 11/29/18

November 29, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Mountain snow continues The active weather pattern across Colorado has begun! A weak trough moved through last night and brought light snow accumulations to the Mountains, generally 2 to 5". Snow will be tapering off later this morning. The lull in the action will be brief, however, with an even stronger storm arriving tonight. The 500 mb height anomaly forecast …