Today's overall pattern is ridging across Colorado. However, a very disorganized and embedded chunk of energy is overhead as well, visible below in the 500 mb map (green and yellow splotches across our state). With the ridge axis nearly overhead, today will be a couple degrees warmer than yesterday (mid 80's today), but ultimately end with a similar outcome....afternoon storms! After …

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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