Author: Ben Castellani (Page 236 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 11/07/18

November 7, 2018 / Ben Castellani

The general northwest flow pattern remains in place across Colorado and this indeed will be the case for at least the next five days. If we take a look across Pacific Ocean today at 500 mb, we see a highly pronounced ridge extending northward from the eastern Pacific into the Arctic Ocean. A ridge this amplified typically will shoot down …

DayCAST: Tue 11/06/18

November 6, 2018 / Ben Castellani

It sure has felt like fall lately! Most of the leaves are off the trees, we're starting to get much cooler nights, winds are "randomly" gusty at times, and the wave clouds are prevalent. It's also looking like fall in the weather models, with a sharp delineation between the summery and wintry air masses. Today's 700 mb temperature map is shown …

This week in weather: November 5, 2018

November 5, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Following a weekend of pleasant weather across the lower elevations and heavy snow in the Mountains, northwest flow will linger this week leading to temperatures remaining on the cool side.

DayCAST: Thu 11/01/18

November 1, 2018 / Ben Castellani

The big trough the brought the snow and colder temperatures to the region has moved into the central United States. It digs all the way down into Mexico. Across Colorado, northwest flow has set-up and will generally remain in place into early next week. There will be a few embedded disturbances to contend with in the coming days, some bigger …

DayCAST: Wed 10/31/18

October 31, 2018 / Ben Castellani

A white Halloween for some (most) of you! Light snow is wrapping up south of Denver this morning. Overall, most areas likely saw less snow than we predicted. Boulder, for example, was stuck in a pocket of warmer air overnight with temperatures staying a couple degrees above freezing. This combined with warm ground temperatures and generally light snowfall didn't produce …

Premium Storm Update Tue 10/30/18 6:00AM

October 30, 2018 / Ben Castellani

The axis of the trough is located across far northwestern Utah this morning and will be slowly sagging southeastward into southern Colorado by late tonight. In the GOES water vapor animation below, you can see that moisture is streaming northward ahead of the trough, with much of the action remaining across Utah overnight which is just now entering western Colorado. …

DayCAST: Thu 10/25/18

October 25, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Our best chance of precipitation has come and gone for the week yesterday morning. As expected, the Front Range largely missed out on the rainfall this time around. We did notice wet/damp pavement following pre-dawn rain in Boulder, but no measurable precipitation was reported at BoulderCAST Station. In fact, we didn't find any measurable precipitation in the Denver Metro area. …