Casey Dorn

Colorado, Colorado Springs

Meteorologist at KOAA-TV (Pueblo, CO)

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Monday will be warm and breezy, daily shower chances in the week ahead

4 days ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

Tonight's Forecast:Weak energy moving off the mountains leads to an increase in cloud cover during the dinnertime period along the southern Front Range. Showers will mostly stay confined to the foothills, Monument Hill, and parts of Teller County. Low humidity values mean virga will be the main thing of note on the plains. Clouds should clear late this evening with a temps falling to freezing on most of I-25. This should be the last freeze for at least several weeks for many parts of the area.
Storm Recap: How much snow fell in southern Colorado

5 days ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

Southern Colorado was impacted by a strong spring storm from Friday, April 18th to Saturday, April 19th. The storm brought significant moisture to the southern I-25 corridor, the central and southern mountains, the upper Arkansas River Valley, and some to the San Luis Valley.
Snowmelt sunshine on Easter Sunday with isolated morning black ice on the roads

5 days ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

Tonight's Forecast:Low pressure in New Mexico that brought us our spring storm will pivot east and northeast tonight. This will keep clouds over the region until early Saturday morning, with spotty low-impact snow showers possible in the southern mountains through around 10:00PM. Overnight, skies will clear west to east. This will lead to a cold evening with lows in the teens and 20s. Wet roads will ice over again - if your driveway, sidewalk, or road is wet now, expect some black ice late tonight.
Live Weather Blog: Tracking Widespread Snow Into the Upcoming Holiday Weekend

6 days ago | koaa.com | Lauren Brand |Casey Dorn |Alan Rose |Alex O'Brien

SOUTHERN COLORADO — We are tracking an impactful spring storm system that will bring widespread snow across I-25. The evening commute will be heavily impacted and snow will make roadways slushy. Friday, April 18th Winter Storm Warnings:Avoid unnecessary travel :Teller County, Fremont County, - 3 PM FRI - 4 PM SATSangre de Cristo Mountains, Wet Mountains, Custer County - UNTIL 6 PM SATWalsenburg, Trinidad, W.
A powder weekend in April on the slopes

1 week ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

Disclaimer: This is sponsored content. All opinions and views are of Monarch Mountainand does not reflect the same of KOAA. Even though we're wrapping up the ski report for the season, Mother Nature still has more snow to deliver. Winter Weather Advisories and Winter Storm Warnings are in place now through Saturday. So plan on difficult winter travel conditions to any still-operating resort until that time. Speaking of operations, more resorts will close this weekend.
Why the greenhouse effect made your car so hot last weekend

1 week ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

It was toasty this weekend outside, but inside this car? It felt like a sauna. Many of our cars hit temperatures of 120 to 130 degrees! And that heat leads to serious - dangerous - problems for people and pets. Every year, an average of 37 children nationwide under the age of 15 die from heatstroke after being left in a hot car according to data from the National Safety Council. In 2024, that number was 39. And not all of these tragedies happen in heat waves.
Red Flag Warnings return Sunday despite the arrival of a cold front

1 week ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

Tonight's Forecast:Fire danger remains elevated with Red Flag Warnings in place through 9:00PM along I-25, and in the upper Arkansas River and San Luis Valleys. Skies will be partly cloudy. It will remain breezy with winds out of the southwest - gustiest closest to and along the eastern slopes of the mountains. Breezes will relax overnight over the plains but it will remain breezy in the mountains.
More than half of southern Colorado experiencing drought conditions

1 week ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

Colorado began 2025 with more than three quarters of the state free of drought. Four months in and that number has plunged to less than half. With record warmth on the way, those numbers are likely to deteriorate. Thursday's fire at Lake Minnequa demonstrated how dry conditions are in much of southern Colorado heading into this weekend. The current dry pattern our state is in has a classic weak La Niña appearance.
Spring warmth and wind on the slopes as Monarch Mountain closes out the season

2 weeks ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

Disclaimer: This is sponsored content. All opinions and views are of Monarch Mountainand does not reflect the same of KOAA. Monarch Mountain is set to close this weekend after four and a half months of riding. Monarch has continued work this winter on the development of the No Name Basin area. The new lift-serviced expansion will add nearly 400 acres of lift-serviced terrain, increasing the number of runs by 50 percent. It’s expected to open next season.
How Colorado's elevation impacts the UV index

2 weeks ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

We’re rapidly gaining daylength in Colorado... and we’ll get plenty of it with high pressure in place this week. With that gain, we’re also seeing jumps in our peak UV index, which is now peaking regularly at an eight for the first time this year. Colorado gains 65-75 minutes of daylight in April.