Author: Ben Castellani (Page 257 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 03/14/18

March 14, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Temperatures will jump significantly today with a high-amplitude ridge axis right over Denver this morning. We are already feeling the effects with mild temperatures at sunrise in the mid 30's and light winds. Expect a fair amount of mid and high-level cloud cover building through the day with temperatures nearing 70 degrees this afternoon. Note bad at all! Models are finally coming …

DayCAST: Tue 03/13/18

March 13, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Today will be calm and sunny across the Front Range as large-scale ridging stays in control of the Inter-Mountain West. With northwest flow in place across Colorado, we'll have to wait one more day for the big warm-up. Highs today will only be in the middle 50's. Keep in mind, our average high this time of year is in the lower 50's. As …

This week in weather: March 12, 2018

March 12, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Dry and unseasonably warm conditions will continue across eastern Colorado for much of the week ahead. We discuss this along with an uncertain but interesting weather system for the upcoming weekend.

DayCAST: Thu 03/08/18

March 8, 2018 / Ben Castellani

An unseasonably mild day is expected as warmer air pushes into northern Colorado from the southwest. Elevated moisture will also accompany this flow, so expect to see a little more cloud cover out there today compared to recent times. Models have been over-doing it by a couple degrees on temperatures the last few days, so despite indication that we could …

DayCAST: Wed 03/07/18

March 7, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Colorado rests comfortably beneath the eastern flank of a large-scale ridge This ridge will control our weather over the next several days as temperatures rise sharply through Saturday. Temperatures this afternoon will push into the middle 50's with widespread blue skies. Looking ahead to Mountain snow We're set to close out the work-week with 60's to near 70 for both Thursday …

February snow totals divisive across the region, plus a scoring update in the snowfall contest

March 6, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Thanks to several occurrences of localized jet-forced banded snow, the month of February saw stark differences in snow amounts across the Metro area. We recap the month and also take a look at the current standings in the 3-Month Snowfall Forecast Contest.

DayCAST: Tue 03/06/18

March 6, 2018 / Ben Castellani

While not as strong as yesterday, stiff northwest flow remains over the state of Colorado today as a powerful storm churns to our east across the Midwest. This system has brought significant snowfall to the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Iowa, and was responsible for wind gusts nearing 60 mph on Monday across the Denver Metro area. The windiest conditions have pushed eastward with …