When do we think the hot ridgy pattern across the West will finally break down? What happened in the Front Range during the last La Niña winter? Why do we rely on a gross approximation that consists of quarantined  blobs of rising air to make forecasts? Listen to find out!

Show highlights include:

  • Intro
    • Hosts: Andy, Ben, & Matt
  • Current weather discussion [Timestamp 1:03]
    • Hot temperatures continue, drought expands
    • Thick smoke tanks air quality across the area
    • Two hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time?!
    • Finally seeing signs of a changing pattern in the models near the end of August
  • Weather Topic: Parcel Theory [Timestamp 37:00]
    • A fundamental concept of meteorology that involves rising blobs of air

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 L3Harris Technologies in Boulder.

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