Author: Ben Castellani (Page 250 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 05/22/18

May 22, 2018 / Ben Castellani

A storm far, far away... The large Pacific storm system is spinning well to our west today as it continues to weaken. The 500 mb map below shows the position of the upper-low near Las Vegas this morning. We have included the forecasted track of the storm in pink. The storm itself is not expected to get any closer to Colorado …

This week in weather: May 21, 2018

May 21, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Much warmer and sunnier weather is expected this week. No major storm systems will be impacting the state of Colorado. However, thanks to elevated moisture, there will be a daily chance of afternoon and evening thundershowers early in the week.

Premium Storm Update Severe threat lessened? Uncertainty remains in potential for heavy rainfall

May 18, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Severe threat diminished A wrench has been thrown into the forecast this morning as a deck of low-level clouds has set-up overnight. These clouds are related to a moist outflow boundary which backed into the area just after midnight last night. This outflow originated from a complex of thunderstorms in Nebraska (which produced 3 to 5" of rain overnight) and …

DayCAST: Thu 05/17/18

May 17, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Thunderstorms return to our forecast today as more moisture oozes into Colorado ahead of our next weather system. The GOES-16 water vapor animation below shows deceivingly quiet conditions across the southern Rockies this morning. The tightly-wound pocket of spin in the crux of California is the incoming storm. Here's the actual 500 mb map this morning with the location of the storm …

DayCAST: Wed 05/16/18

May 16, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Finally a rain-free day across the region! Weak ridging has taken over across Colorado with drier air filtering in this morning. These two factors will help produce our first fully dry day in almost a week's time. Expect lots of sunshine this morning giving way to patchy afternoon cumulus clouds. We could see a storm or two materialize well east …

DayCAST: Tue 05/15/18

May 15, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Unsettled weather continues Today will be more of the same weather-wise across Colorado. The stalled upper-low we've been describing like a broken record for the last week is still located across central Nevada this morning. It has slowly been retrograding even further westward over the last few days. Nonetheless, the remnants of this low combined with a weak surface boundary …

DayCAST: Thu 05/10/18

May 10, 2018 / Ben Castellani

The warmest day of the entire week We'll have one more day before we begin to feel the impacts of the approaching upper-level trough we've been discussing all week. The 500 mb map below shows the remnants of the ridge across Texas, with southwest flow pushing into Colorado. Our weather-maker for the weekend is seen across Washington. Temperatures today will …