Chance of storms today The large-scale weather set-up today has a weak  trough passing through our region. The 500mb vorticity map below shows this trough will be across western Colorado around mid-day today, which will position eastern Colorado in a favorable location for enhanced large-scale lift. This lift combined with more sunshine today will lead to enough instability this afternoon …

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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