Athick cloud of wildfire smoke moved into the Front Range Monday evening around 6PM from the northeast. You can see the wall of smoke pushing across the Denver Metro area in the visible satellite animation below. This smoke was mostly created by large fires burning in Wyoming and Idaho. Smoke particles still linger across the Metro area this morning, but …

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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