Author: Ben Castellani (Page 291 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 04/06/17

April 6, 2017 / Ben Castellani

Compared to the very active times of late, we have a calm forecast in store for today and the foreseeable future. Expect mostly sunny skies today with a high in the middle 60's (this is just slightly above normal for early April). Looking ahead, snow returns to the Mountains late Saturday into Sunday, but the Plains should remain dry. In …

DayCAST: Tue 04/04/17

April 4, 2017 / Ben Castellani

Finally a storm system with enough cold air to change rain to snow for most locations! As of 6AM, light snow is falling almost everywhere, with even a few embedded bands of moderate snowfall approaching rates close to 1" per hour. We discussed the potential for banded snowfall (associated with the jet stream) in our forecast yesterday. The most important …

Friday morning update: Rain changing to snow by midnight

March 31, 2017 / Ben Castellani

Happy Friday! Our colder, more-likely-to-produce-snow storm has arrived. We provide a small update to our forecast from yesterday with final details on how this evening and tonight will play out across the region.

One storm exits as another, colder storm approaches Friday afternoon

March 30, 2017 / Ben Castellani

The third Spring storm in just the last seven days is knocking on our door. While fairly similar to the last two events, this one will have colder air to work with, and therefore, should produce some snow for everyone. In our initial forecast, we discuss timing, preliminary snow expectations, and lingering model inconsistencies.

DayCAST: Thu 03/30/17

March 30, 2017 / Ben Castellani

Today can be considered the "eye of the storm" as a shortwave ridge skirts across the state providing a short-lived moment of calmness between spring storms. The 500 mb map below shows the ridge overhead, with Tuesday's storm to our east and tomorrow's storm looming to the west! Expect mostly cloudy skies today with a high in the low to middle 60's.Model …

DayCAST: Wed 03/29/17

March 29, 2017 / Ben Castellani

Light rain and snow showers will linger in and near the Foothills this morning as our spring storm system slowly moves eastward into Texas. Snow levels will rise from 6,000 feet early this morning back towards 8,000 feet through the day. Precipitation will end quickly anyways so it won't really matter. Overcast skies will remain with temperatures climbing back into …

Spring storm underway, brings a better chance of snow to the Foothills

March 28, 2017 / Ben Castellani

The first of two spring storms that we detailed in our weekly outlook arrives today and lingers into Wednesday. We provide a brief update and discuss which areas will see snow and which stay mostly rain.