ZDetailed Forecast Discussion: eta made landfall as a Category 2 Hurricane near New Orleans yesterday. The damage is still being assessed of course, but a direct strike in that particular area is never good due to a relatively high population density and extremely low-lying topography along the Mississippi River delta and Lake Pontchartrain. GOES infrared satellite imagery of the landfall …

Ben Castellani

Ben Castellani

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.

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