Author: Ben Castellani (Page 48 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 BoulderCAST Daily – Sun 01/26/25 | Staying cold but turning sunny later today, the warm-up back towards normal begins on Monday

After more than 18 hours of continuous snowfall, the flakes finally came to an end overnight across the Boulder-Denver area. Skies remain socked in this morning with low clouds and even some patchy fog in areas, but things will be improving rather quickly as we move through our Sunday with drier air working into the region from the southwest aloft. …

Premium Storm Update – Sat 01/25/25 7:45AM | Forecast remains on-track with a snowy Saturday for all, greatest totals still expected near Boulder

Snow began overnight across the entire Denver Metro area which has led to slick travel region-wide this morning as our temperatures sit in the teens. Generally light snow will continue in earnest through the day before wrapping up this evening from east to west. We take a look at snowfall totals so far and some of the factors influencing how much more fluffy snow is still to come.

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Winter Weather Update: Another round of weekend snow with Boulder once again in the bullseye!

We haven’t really seen much melting of the more than a foot of snow that fell last weekend in Boulder, but additional white stuff is indeed on the way this weekend! A slow-moving storm system will bring relatively light but long-lasting snow to the area Friday night into Saturday night, with a heavy focus on the northern Front Range this time (Boulder and Larimer Counties). Some locations could see upwards of a foot of snow as temperatures plummet back into the teens for Saturday. Let’s take a look!

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Premium Storm Update – Fri 01/17/25 8:00AM | A strong cold front arrives this afternoon with snow developing shortly thereafter, snow totals have been increased a tad

Our anticipated Arctic cold front is pushing southward across northern Wyoming right now and is on-track to arrive into the Denver area this afternoon. Snowflakes will be slightly delayed, but are expected to quickly develop early this evening impacting at least some of the commute window as travel turns very treacherous through the evening. The latest model data points to a slightly more impactful snow event unfolding, especially for Boulder County. We’ve increased snow totals in these areas. We also discuss the temperature outlook for the rest of the frigid holiday weekend ahead.

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Premium BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 01/15/25| Beautiful and warm weather the next two days, but widespread below zero temperatures and snow are not far off!

Good morning, folks! Today will kick off a brief but welcomed warming trend in the Front Range as our lingering troughiness gets replaced by a ridge of high pressure building across the northern Rockies from the west. The ridge looks quite formidable today (left panel below), but as it translate eastward tonight into tomorrow, it will weaken considerably as it …

Premium BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 01/14/25| Staying cool with some clouds around today, plus that latest on Friday night’s bitter cold & snow

Multiple, moisture-starved shortwave disturbance are impacting the state of Colorado today, advecting into the area under somewhat rare due northerly flow aloft. The incoming disturbance from Wyoming will usher in mainly just some cloud cover to the Front Range for the first half of our Tuesday, though we can't rule out a few snow flurries across the region, primarily in …

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