Today's 500mb map below shows high pressure is centered near Las Vegas. Unlike yesterday (and the day before), there will be no upper-level forcing to help kick off storms this afternoon. Yesterday's weak disturbance is annotated below across Oklahoma and Kansas. Notice how smooth and calm things are across Colorado. The precipitable water anomaly forecast map below shows all the dry …

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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