BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 02/18/26 | Mountain snow continues today while Boulder braces for a downslope windstorm tonight

Colorado is gearing up for several more days of active, unsettled weather as a broad longwave trough continues to hang over the western United States. The main axis of this system has now pushed onshore, stretching from Washington down through southern California. Out ahead of this trough, a deep plume of moisture and a cluster of small disturbances are streaming …

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.