Mountain wave last evening Did you notice the strong winds last night? They were brief, but they did arrive right on schedule during the early evening hours in and near the Foothills. The graph below shows winds (red) and gusts (blue) at the NCAR Mesa Lab in south Boulder. Winds were strongest between 5 and 7 PM, gusting to nearly …

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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