Author: Ben Castellani (Page 259 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.

Storm Recap: The biggest snow of the year in Boulder, cold air set to linger

February 20, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Just as forecast, the overhead jet stream delivered heavy banded snowfall to the Boulder area Monday evening. We review the evolution of the storm and discuss the snow totals from across the region.

Boulder area, more so than Denver, favored for heavy snow Monday into Tuesday (Updates)

February 19, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Happy President’s Day! A winter storm is impacting northern Colorado with snow and much colder temperatures today through Wednesday. Models are latching onto a track the will produce a sharp gradient in snow amounts across the Denver Metro area. Read on for our full forecast.

Weekend Outlook: Windy & warm, then snow for President’s Day

February 16, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Our forecast for the holiday weekend covers two separate wind storms, very warm weather across the Plains, and President’s Day snowfall.

Why has there been so much freezing drizzle this winter?

February 15, 2018 / Ben Castellani

This winter has slowly become the “Winter of Freezing Drizzle” for the Front Range. Many of you have reached out to us wondering why there has been so many occurrences this year in particular. In short, the finger can be pointed at La Niña. However, the true answer is a little more complex.

DayCAST: Thu 02/15/18

February 15, 2018 / Ben Castellani

A vigorous upper-level jet is traversing across Colorado today. The "merger" that we detailed in our weekly outlook on Monday has completed overnight. The cut-off system that was spinning along the coast of California has joined forces into a larger trough moving across the Rockies. The resulting elongated axis will pass across Colorado tonight (see below). Until then, Colorado will …

DayCAST: Wed 02/14/18

February 14, 2018 / Ben Castellani

A warm & windy Wednesday As we mentioned yesterday, the main concern today is the wind. Strong west-southwesterly flow aloft and mountain crest stability are teaming-up to produce windy conditions in the Mountains and Foothills. The GFS and NAM models are predicting 800mb height differences from Granby to Boulder of near 60 meters this morning, lessening through rest of the …

DayCAST: Tue 02/13/18

February 13, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Following a cold and gloomy day yesterday, things will feel more like spring today with temperatures climbing to near 50 degrees under mostly sunny skies. The 500 mb map below shows southwest flow across the state of Colorado. This will bring in warmer air aloft and also to the surface as yesterday's cold airmass pushes eastward. Notice the elongated trough connecting …