Atmospheric river pummels California, heavy mountain snow in Colorado Today's 500 mb height anomaly and wind map below shows near-perfect zonal (westerly) flow present across Colorado. There is even slight ridging overhead. Look for a high in the upper 50's to near 60 degrees this afternoon.  As we eluded to yesterday, a weak storm system will fully pass to the north of …

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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