Author: Ben Castellani (Page 95 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.

Smoke has descended on Front Range Colorado! Here’s where it came from and how long it will stick around

May 19, 2023 /

Wildfire smoke roared into the Front Range late Thursday night like a freight train — well if those were somehow silent and made up of tiny cancer-causing particles! Air quality and visibility have both tanked across the entire Denver Metro area as a result. Yuck! We discuss where all this smoke is coming from and when it may actually clear out.

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BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 05/17/23 | More spotty storms today, a front brings cooler weather, rain and smoke tomorrow

May 17, 2023 /

More of the same type of weather is expected today as largely identical conditions exist compared to yesterday with weak ridging present across the West, limited moisture in our area, and west-northwest flow over Colorado. Our next weather system is gearing up across Montana and Idaho --- that will arrive into the Front Range on Thursday. Today's similar setup means …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 05/16/23 | The sun finally makes an appearance but isolated storms return this afternoon/evening

May 16, 2023 /

The last seven days have been incredibly wet across the Front Range, even by "climatologically wettest month of the year" standards! Just about everyone has received more than 3.5" of precipitation (mostly rainfall) since the explosion of hail and lightning in eastern Boulder County last Tuesday. Portions of the southern Metro area have seen double that amount, incredibly receiving over …

Tuesday night’s storms were just an appetizer for Wednesday which offers an enhanced risk of severe weather for Boulder and Denver

May 10, 2023 /

Overnight severe storms produced tennis ball-sized hail in parts of eastern Boulder County, acting as an appetizer for what will unfold later today as the greatest risk of severe weather in years may develop across the Denver Metro area. Low clouds lingering during the morning may delay the severe weather ignition today, but huge hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes are still in the cards for the afternoon and early evening hours for some area. After the severe weather threat diminishes, soaking rain becomes the story Thursday into early Friday with areal flooding possible.

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