DayCAST: Thu 02/15/18

A vigorous upper-level jet is traversing across Colorado today. The "merger" that we detailed in our weekly outlook on Monday has completed overnight. The cut-off system that was spinning along the coast of California has joined forces into a larger trough moving across the Rockies. The resulting elongated axis will pass across Colorado tonight (see below). Until then, Colorado will …

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.