Author: Ben Castellani (Page 283 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: Thu 06/15/17

June 15, 2017 / Ben Castellani

Another day of zonal (neutral) flow is on tap for today. The 500 mb vorticity map below shows a large fetch of due westerly flow stretching from northern California, across Colorado, and into the Great Lakes region. Under this zonal flow, conditions tend to be calm with near or slightly above normal temperatures. That will be the case today with …

DayCAST: Wed 06/14/17

June 14, 2017 / Ben Castellani

Tranquil conditions will remain statewide as zonal flow ensues. Temperatures will creep up into the mid 80's under mostly sunny skies for the Metro area. Dew points in the 20's and 30's will produce very comfortable conditions out there. Our next chance of rain, albeit a slight one, comes Saturday afternoon and evening. COOL IMAGERY OF THE DAY: GOES-R loop of …

DayCAST: Tue 06/13/17

June 13, 2017 / Ben Castellani

It looks like the Denver Metro dodged the severe storms yesterday. A few supercells did form in Weld County, dropping large hail and spawning at least two tornadoes. Some of our team went storm chasing yesterday, capturing this image of baseball-sized hail from just across the border into Wyoming. Today will begin a streak of quiet weather across the Front …

This week in weather: June 12, 2017

June 12, 2017 / Ben Castellani

Our weather this week will be typical for mid-June. The initial focus will be the threat of severe thunderstorms Monday afternoon and evening, with tornadoes a viable concern. This will be followed by sunny and warm weather the rest of the week. High Country conditions will be exceptional this week, too.

A BIG warm-up is headed our way

June 8, 2017 / Ben Castellani

Ideal atmospheric conditions will combine to produce the first heat wave of the year for the Front Range! How hot will it get and when will we cool off? Read on to find out.

DayCAST: Thu 06/08/17

June 8, 2017 / Ben Castellani

Wet weather is now in our rear-view mirror. Outside of just a few very isolated storms this afternoon, most of us will remain dry through the upcoming weekend, and potentially much of next week. Temperatures will be on the rise over the next few days. We're expecting to near the 90-degree mark today (potentially the first 90+ day of the …

DayCAST: Wed 06/07/17

June 7, 2017 / Ben Castellani

Our weather remains on the cool side and relatively unsettled today as moisture is still elevated across the state. The precipitable water anomaly forecast map below for this evening shows a positive 2.5 sigma anomaly across eastern Colorado. With all this moisture around, daytime heating will once again fuel scattered afternoon showers and storms, with prime-time being 2PM to 8PM. Storms should move eastward/dissipate after sunset. …