Author: Ben Castellani (Page 286 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 05/18/17

May 18, 2017 / Ben Castellani

Moderate to heavy rain and snow has been falling across the Metro area since around sundown last night. Many areas are already exceeding 1" of liquid, with 6" inches of snow or more on the ground in the higher Foothills. We expect precipitation to continue near continuously through the day. Snow levels will be around 6,000 feet this morning, and …

Storm Update: Yes Denver, it’s going to snow! In the Foothills…

May 17, 2017 / Ben Castellani

The next few days will solidify the rest of the country’s belief that our weather here is pure insanity. We provide an update on what is shaping-up to be an historic late-season winter storm for the Front Range Foothills. The potential for accumulating snow across the lower elevations is much more uncertain at this time. Read on for the latest details…

DayCAST: Tue 05/16/17

May 16, 2017 / Ben Castellani

A trough will be moving across the region later tonight, and ahead of this, we'll have to watch out for isolated thundershowers this afternoon and evening. The most likely time for storms will be 2PM to midnight. The chance of rain for the region is just 20%. The airmass northeast of Denver towards Nebraska is more unstable, so we're expecting …

This week in weather: May 15, 2017

May 15, 2017 / Ben Castellani

More unsettled weather is looming for the week ahead! We’ll squeeze out a few nice days to start, but temperatures will be tumbling by mid week as a formidable storm system heads towards Colorado. Thursday and Friday’s forecast is currently shrouded in a bit of uncertainty, by several models are indicating significant precipitation for the Front Range, and even the potential for accumulating snow across the Plains. Read on for all the details.

Dreary week delivers promised rain

May 11, 2017 / Ben Castellani

Our rainiest month has delivered this week with beneficial moisture falling across all of the Front Range. And of course, let’s not forget Monday’s insane hailstorm in downtown Denver, Lakewood, and Arvada. Here are cumulative rain totals this week through 7:00 AM Thursday:

Boulder – 1.80″
Golden – 1.72″
Nederland – 1.45″
BoulderCAST Station – 1.39″
Downtown Denver – 1.30
Broomfield – 0.95″
Louisville – 0.89″
Longmont – 0.75″
Denver Int’l Airport – 0.75″

With three and a half “days of Seattle” out of the way, we’ll revert to “typical Colorado” in short order. Sunshine returns and temperatures rebound to near 80 degrees tomorrow and into the weekend.

DayCAST: Thu 05/11/17

May 11, 2017 / Ben Castellani

The upper-level system that brought us so much gloom and doom this week is pulling eastward into Oklahoma today! With this, we'll see precipitation come to an end this morning, with clouds lifting and hopefully breaking this afternoon sometime. We still won't warm up much...low to middle 60's is a good bet for the Plains, but it's definitely an improvement …