Author: Ben Castellani (Page 71 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.

This Week in Colorado Weather: March 25, 2024 (including a recap of last night’s thunderous snowstorm!)

After a solid dump of springtime snow Sunday night, including widespread thundersnow, things will turn quiet for the week ahead with temperatures trending from downright chilly back to t-shirt weather by week’s end. We recap last night’s snowstorm, check the snowfall totals, and detail the Front Range forecast for the next seven days. Let’s dive in!

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Premium This Weekend in Colorado Weather: Several beautiful days will unfold ahead of a rain/snow event late in the weekend

Colorado and really the entire Intermountain West will be under the influence of a shortwave ridge the next few days with pleasant weather accompanying this setup. The Front Range will initially be east of the ridge axis Thursday and Friday under northwest flow, but the axis will pass us by Saturday with southwest flow ensuing. Late in the upcoming weekend, …

Comparing the two epic March snowstorms that pummeled the Front Range exactly three years apart (2021 vs. 2024)

Last week’s dumping of wet snow in the Front Range occurred three years to the day after our most recent significant snowstorm back in March of 2021. We do a comparative analysis between these two epic mid-March snowstorms, examining their distinct storm tracks, the meteorological factors contributing to their varied snowfall production, and discuss their differing forecast hype. We also explore their respective snow totals and distribution across the Denver Metro area, including a detailed account of how these two snowstorms were able to make Front Range history exactly three years apart despite being so fundamentally different.

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Premium BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 03/20/24 | Staying dry & mild for several more days

Satellite imagery continues to show the stalled and weak low pressure system across Arizona this morning, with relatively dry northwest flow pushing across the Front Range at this hour. This low will continue to slowly drift eastward across New Mexico through the day and tonight, reaching the Texas Panhandle by tomorrow afternoon. This passage will be close enough to spawn …

Premium BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 03/19/24 | A lovely first day of Spring as the remnants of last week’s big snow-maker pass by well to the south

Today is the vernal equinox, with Northern Hemisphere Spring beginning around 9:06 PM this evening Mountain Time. If you can ignore the lingering heaps of snow dotting our landscape, it sure will look and feel like spring today across the Front Range! The large-scale atmospheric pattern across the West has been stalled out for the last several days, with an …

Premium Storm Update – Wed 3/13/24 8:00AM | Extremely heavy snow remains on track for the Front Range with significant travel disruption beginning late Wednesday evening

The overarching forecast remains on-track this morning as a significant and highly impactful snowstorm bears down on the Front Range. We review a wide gamut of the most recent model data, with trends suggesting a boom scenario is more likely than a bust. Travel will become extremely difficult (and in some areas of the Foothills, impossible) Wednesday night into Thursday night, with some power outages expected. We give our final thoughts on the impressive winter storm about to slam the Denver Metro area. Buckle up and stay safe!

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This Week in Colorado Weather: March 11, 2024

It will be business as usual the first two days of the week with 60-degree temperatures and dry conditions continuing. However, a major storm system will drop south into the Desert Southwest this week, with impacts expected in the Front Range Wednesday through Friday. All signs point to a significant dumping of upslope precipitation in our area from this storm, most of which will fall as heavy wet snow. There’s still a lot of uncertainty in this week’s forecast, but let’s discuss the latest developments in what could be a historic March winter storm for the Denver Metro area.

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