Author: Ben Castellani (Page 99 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.

March 2023 Graphical Weather Review: The coldest March in more than 50 years was unfortunately also a dry one

April 5, 2023 /

March 2023 concluded as the coldest March in more than 50 years in Boulder and was our fifth consecutive month with below normal temperatures — this winter has been atypically long and brutal. Despite heavy snow fueled by atmospheric river events in the Mountains, very little precipitation reached east of the Continental Divide during March with fire danger and blowing dust increasing substantially by month’s end. Here’s a quick and colorful graphical recap of our weather during March and how it relates to climatology.

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BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 04/05/23 | A very cold morning with late-day snow showers

April 5, 2023 /

Heads up! A small amount of snow has fallen during the overnight hours, mainly in the western suburbs of Denver and around Boulder, which is creating some slick spots out there on the roadways. Otherwise, skies have mostly cleared out overnight leading to bone-chilling April temperatures this morning --- in the teens across the Plains and in the single digits …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 04/04/23 | Cold & gloomy with occasional snow showers

April 4, 2023 /

Snow showers have begun across the Front Range quickly this morning with some areas seeing an inch or two of accumulation already before sunrise on the grassy surfaces, including here in the Boulder area. There was even a brief period of hard-to-forecast freezing drizzle mixed in overnight in the western Metro. Thus, it could be a little slick out there …

Winter Weather Update: Temperatures tumble 30 degrees for Tuesday as winter weather returns

April 3, 2023 /

After another glorious springlike Monday across the Front Range, much colder and gloomier weather will arrive early Tuesday as our next storm system enters the picture. While we will sadly be missing out on the feet of snow and blizzard conditions hitting Wyoming, there are some snowflakes in the forecast. Let’s take a look at the timing of the snow, the most likely snowfall amounts, and the potential travel impacts as winter weather returns to the area.

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BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 03/29/23 | Staying sunny & cool today, warmer with elevated fire danger tomorrow

March 29, 2023 /

As we race towards the end of March, I have to say this will be one of the nicer days we've seen this month as quiet weather unfolds for our Wednesday. There is a very weak backdoor cold front working into northeast Colorado from Nebraska early this morning which can be seen on the GOES-East microphysics satellite animation below. Notice …

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