Casey Dorn

Colorado, Colorado Springs

Meteorologist at KOAA-TV (Pueblo, CO)

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High Turbidity: How Spring snowmelt is affecting Manitou Springs' water supply

3 days ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

While you may not have heard the term water turbidity before, you've probably seen it. Think about a muddy puddle or runoff on a road after a storm. The water looks murky. That's high turbidity. Turbidity is a fancy name for cloudiness. Clear water has low turbidity. Fully opaque water has extremely high turbidity. Generally, organic matter suspended in water increases turbidity.
A few showers persist Sunday night, with 80s and 90s returning early this week

4 days ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

Tonight's Forecast:Mountain showers will continue a bit past sunset this evening as a band of upper level energy helps to keep convection going even after we lose the heat from the sun. The best thunderstorm energy stays in the mountains but continued lighter showers with a few rumbles of thunder are possible directly east onto the western edge of the Front Range Corridor. Partly cloudy skies across most of southern Colorado tonight, with showers dying out around 11 PM.
Mother's Day will be beautiful, but there will be a chance of afternoon showers

5 days ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

Tonight's Forecast:Mountain showers will remain possible through 8:00 PM tonight - the sunset time in Colorado Springs this evening. Otherwise, clear skies with modest upslope breezes that will also be dying down around sunset are the story tonight. Very comfortable conditions - if you've got an evening stroll or outdoor dinner in tonight's plans, you'll want a light layer...and to spend as much time as possible enjoying the comfortable conditions.
The first 8 PM sunset of the year is tomorrow

6 days ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

As we close out the week, here's some news to brighten your weekend. The first 8 PM sunset of the year is tomorrow. This means we'll have nearly five more hours of light each day than we did back on the winter solstice in December of last year. And that sunshine will stick around for quite some time. The next 91 days will be our longest of the year. We've already gained most of the light we're going to gain.
How two rain gauges - side by side - could measure different rainfall totals

1 week ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

Today's story comes from a long-time viewer. He set up two rain gauges side-by-side but measured a different amount of rain in each. He wanted to know which one is accurate and how to choose a good one. We have a digital rain gauge on our studio's rooftop. Digital rain gauges like this one have a bucket inside of them that tips over when it gets full. The bucket can hold a certain amount of water.
Showers continue tonight, with heavy rain and snow on Tuesday

1 week ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

Tonight's Forecast:Showers continue this evening but will become patchier after dinner time as we sit between two rounds of energy and moisture. It will remain cloudy and breezy when it's not raining. Patchy fog is also likely to develop as low-level air becomes increasingly saturated. Moderate to heavy, and steady rain will return around sunrise across all of southern Colorado. This rain will continue for most of the day leading to isolated flooding threats and significant snow in the mountains.
Several inches of rain will fall in southern Colorado through Wednesday

1 week ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

Tonight's Forecast:Showers and thunderstorms continue this evening with a break between two batches of energy this evening. The main thunderstorm threats will lie within the two main areas of storm development - with showers between these bands unlikely to contain lightning. Overnight, showers will persist. By sunrise, additional moisture will move into the plains leading to a corridor of showers, but they'll largely take until after the morning commute to move into I-25.
Calm Saturday night and Sunday morning, thunderstorms arrive in the afternoon

1 week ago | koaa.com | Casey Dorn

Tonight's Forecast:It's the literal calm before the storm tonight across southern Colorado - high pressure remaining in control of the pattern and dry low-level air both mean fairly quiet conditions.
Colorado Springs weather: Beautiful Saturday ahead of a major storm system

1 week ago | gazette.com | Casey Dorn

If you are a fan of sunshine, light winds, and tee shirt temperatures - Saturday is your day. A short lasting ridge of high pressure will lead to an absolutely gorgeous outdoor day with highs in the 70s for most of southern Colorado and mid-60s in Teller County. Colorado Springs is expected to see a high in the 70s. A few storms are possible in the southern and central mountains Saturday afternoon and evening - and a shower is possible in the western sections of the Arkansas River Valley.
Colorado Springs weather: Crisp tonight and beautiful Saturday ahead of a major storm system

1 week ago | gazette.com | Casey Dorn

If you are a fan of sunshine, light winds, and tee shirt temperatures - Saturday is your day. A short lasting ridge of high pressure will lead to an absolutely gorgeous outdoor day with highs in the 70s for most of southern Colorado and mid-60s in Teller County. Colorado Springs is expected to see a high in the 70s. A few storms are possible in the southern and central mountains Saturday afternoon and evening - and a shower is possible in the western sections of the Arkansas River Valley.