The upper-ridge is still draped across the western United States, with an embedded piece of shortwave energy centered near Salt Lake City, Utah. Weak downslope will be in place this afternoon, but there will be enough instability in place to produce scattered afternoon thunderstorms once again, similar to yesterday. A few of the storms could be severe, with hail ~1" …

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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