BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 07/07/26 | Smoke, Storms & the Looming Heat Dome

GSmoke, Visibility & Air Quality ood Tuesday morning! The smoke is once again draped thick across the Front Range this morning as several large upstream fires continue pumping high‑level and near‑surface smoke directly into our area. The Foothills are barely discernible from Denver, and the higher peaks are completely swallowed up in the haze. PM2.5 concentrations are currently worst in …

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.