Joel Barnes

Joel Thomas Barnes (born December 11, 1978 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a Meteorologist for WeatherNation in Centennial, Colorado. He has worked for there since March of 2015 and is on air most evening starting at 8 PM EST. He was the Chief Meteorologist for KCWY-DT in Casper, Wyoming). He worked at KCWY from December 15, 2003 until December of 2014.

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Joel Barnes moved to Colorado when he was 12. He came to Casper from Colorado in December 2003. Joel started as the Morning/Noon Meteorologist at News 13 and was promoted to Chief Meteorologist in September 2004. He graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in 2003 with his bachelor's degree in Meteorology and a minor in Speech Communications. Joel was an All State Football player at Douglas County High School (Castle Rock, Colorado) and excelled in athletics and mathematics. In college, he interned at KMGH-TV in Denver, and was an avid storm chaser throughout college, as well as, the treasurer of the American Meteorology Society at UNC. He has been awarded several Wyoming Association of Broadcasters Awards in the ten years he has worked at News 13.

Born Joel Thomas Barnes, to David Barnes and Theresa Leikvold Barnes on December 11, 1978.