Author: Ben Castellani (Page 42 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.

Premium This Weekend in Colorado Weather: A beautiful weekend sandwiched between chilly rain

April 24, 2025 /

The promised wetter stretch of weather to end the week has arrived. Today and tomorrow will offer the best chances for rain and thunderstorms in the area of any days in the extended. Southeast flow has been continuously pumping in low-level moisture since late in the day Tuesday, and today some of our area will reap the benefits of that, …

Premium BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 04/23/25 | Limited rain chances today, mostly east of Denver where a few storms could turn severe

April 23, 2025 /

Today will kick off a pattern shift across the area that will seed the return of showers and thunderstorms to eastern Colorado. In the mid levels (below left), southwest flow is in full force today ahead of a weak disturbance in the Pacific Northwest. In the low levels (below right), a cold frontal passage overnight has increased moisture availability, with …

This Week in Colorado Weather: April 21, 2025

April 21, 2025 /

While this week’s weather in the Front Range won’t be as flashy as last week’s snowstorm, there is still plenty to discuss! A gradual pattern shift through the week will see warm and dry conditions get replaced with cooler and wetter weather in time. There will also be some fire danger and severe storms this week across eastern Colorado. Read on for all the details.

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Premium Storm Update – Fri 04/18/25 8:30AM | Springtime flakes are falling in Colorado! Here’s the latest details on the remainder of the storm!

April 18, 2025 /

Springtime snow is underway across the area with wet accumulations overnight up to 6 inches in the higher terrain (Estes Park) and up to 3.5 inches across the lower elevations (Boulder). We discuss the latest forecast details, including when we expect an uptick in snow coverage and intensity, how much more snow will accumulate, and when the flakes will come to an end.

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Winter Weather Update: Late-week spring storm will offer snow as the predominant precipitation type in the Front Range, several inches of accumulation likely

April 16, 2025 /

Following a rather benign stretch of weather this week so far, a strong storm system will bring winter weather back to the entire Front Range in the days ahead. After a warm day with fire danger on Thursday, a cold front will blow through in the early evening hours paving the way for a prolonged period of upslope-enhanced precipitation lasting into early Saturday. While the predominant precipitation type will indeed be snow with this storm, even across the lower elevations, there will be a lot of melting happening limiting the overall impacts and potential snow accumulation. We discuss the latest storm details, how much moisture will fall, and how much wet snow this will translate into for the area.

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Premium BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 04/15/25 | Warm & mostly quiet the next few days, but the soggy (and snowy!) late-week storm will change that

April 15, 2025 /

Anegatively-tilted mid-level ridge axis continues to move towards the Front Range this morning from the southwest. Ahead of this axis, very dry west-northwest flow was present the back half of Monday and will remain here through the morning with continued full sunshine for us. However, once the axis passes later today, our flow direction will shift to southwesterly bringing in …

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