Author: Ben Castellani (Page 51 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 – Wed 12/18/24 | Mild with lots of wave clouds today, watching strong downslope winds in the Foothills tonight

December 18, 2024 /

Yesterday's shortwave disturbance, which brought gusty winds to the Metro area and blowing/falling snow to the Mountains, has exited east into the southern Plains this morning, leaving moderately strong northwest flow in its wake. There's already some north-south oriented big wave clouds forming out there as the sun comes up, and that really will be the main story today as …

Premium BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 12/17/24 | A quick shot of snow in the northern Mountains today, but just windy across the Metro area

December 17, 2024 /

Ashortwave disturbance will zip across northern Colorado today bringing a brief wave of snow to the Mountains but just gusty winds to the east across the Boulder-Denver region. The offending system can be seen sliding across our area in the NAM 500mb vorticity forecast animation below. We will say that expected snowfall amounts have gone up a bit, with most …

This Week in Colorado Weather: December 16, 2024

December 16, 2024 /

As we rapidly approach the holiday season, the Front Range continues to experience unseasonably warm and dry conditions. This past weekend brought beautiful weather with temperatures warming into the 50s, accompanied by strong downslope winds at times. Looking ahead, the forecast remains mostly quiet with high pressure dominating the central Rockies, including Colorado. While a few bouts of wind are expected this week, precipitation will be nearly non-existent over the next seven to ten days, making a white Christmas highly unlikely for the Denver-Boulder area.

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Premium This Weekend in Colorado Weather: Several weak storms in the pipeline will produce light Mountain snow but mostly just up-and-down temperatures for the Metro area

December 12, 2024 /

The large-scale pattern across the West consists of weak ridging over Colorado ahead of an approaching shortwave disturbance in northern California. Both of these features can be seen in the GOES-East nighttime clouds animation below. While there will be a mix of sunshine (more) and wave clouds (less) this morning, there's a lot of upper-level moisture producing cloud-cover upstream. These …

Premium BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 12/11/24 | Downslope flow boosts our temperatures the next few days, but tracking a weak system for Friday

December 11, 2024 /

We're starting out surprisingly warm around 40 degrees this morning in Boulder, and in parts of the Metro area which saw persistent downslope winds overnight. It was a bit loud trying to sleep overnight, but at least there is a slight benefit of comfortable temperatures at wake-up as payoff! This morning's warmth foreshadows the day ahead --- which will continue …

Premium BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 12/10/24 | Staying chilly today with breezes making it feel even colder, plus a look at last evening’s snow totals

December 10, 2024 /

Yesterday's passing disturbance brought a wave of fairly widespread but brief snow to the Metro area Monday evening, with many locations in the southwest Denver Metro area picking up a quick inch or three of accumulation, as confirmed via the morning CoCoRaHs snow reports: We garnered 1.0" on the dot at our station, measured on a raised table surface. Water …

Premium This Weekend in Colorado Weather: Continued beautiful December days, but wintry changes are brewing Monday

December 5, 2024 /

The stagnant, ridgy pattern will persist across the West for several more days with above normal temperatures and quiet conditions expected in the Front Range through Sunday. The 500mb height anomaly forecast animation below from the Euro ensemble runs through Monday. Notice the lingering high-amplitude ridge that will be with us through the end of the week and the weekend …

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