DayCAST: Wed 03/06/19

As you can see in the 500 mb height anomaly panel below, a ridge axis is passing over our region this morning and flow will be turning increasingly southwesterly and growing stronger through the rest of the day as a trough approaches. This southwest flow actually contains a narrow plume of moisture which will help spread snow across the Mountains today. This …

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.