Today's weather will be similar to yesterday, albeit slightly cooler. The 500 mb map below valid for this afternoon shows due-westerly downslope flow in place across Colorado. The tiny amount of moisture embedded in the flow will combine with solar heating this afternoon to fire off a few isolated thunderstorms. Unlike yesterday where most of the action was east 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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