Kathy Sabine

Kathy Sabine was given the 2006 Regional Emmy for Best Weather Anchor. She was also voted Best Weather Forecaster for 2005 by the Colorado Broadcasters Association, for the second straight year.

Kathy, who joined 9NEWS in the spring of 1993, is the lead forecaster on the 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 p.m. newscasts Monday through Friday. She writes a daily forecast for the Denver Post and the Coloradoan newspaper in Fort Collins and Greeley. She is also a National Weather Association (NWA) Broadcaster Seal of Approval Evaluation Board Member and a American Meteorological Society (AMS) member.

Kathy has worked in television since she graduated from Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, California back in 1988. Along with her forecasting work Kathy has spent time anchoring the news, reporting, producing and writing. She has also spent time behind the scenes in production as a chyron operator, camera operator, audio technician, floor director and tape operator.

Kathy developed a love of the outdoors and nature in her hometown of Truckee, a small mountain town in northern California near Lake Tahoe. She learned to ski when she was two and her family was very involved in the ski industry when she was a child. Kathy was also very involved with horses and rodeo.

Kathy began college studying to be a Veterinarian. She started work on her first degree in Veterinary Science at Cal Poly later switching her major to Journalism. Kathy's work on her second degree in Meteorology began years later at Metropolitan State College in Denver and also at Mississippi State University. After obtaining her first degree Kathy began her television career at the NBC affiliate in San Luis Obispo then went on to work for ABC in Santa Barbara, Fox in Salinas/Monterey and ABC in San Jose California. Kathy is also a regular fill-in on the Today Show in New York for Al Roker during the week and Janice Huff on the weekend edition.

She has been a successful storm chaser winning a regional Emmy for her live coverage of two tornadoes that touched down just outside of the metro area. Kathy has also won three regional Emmy awards for best weather anchor. She was named best weathercaster by the Colorado Broadcasting Association and the Douglas County Newspaper organization. She has received an Associated Press award for her writing on a feature story she produced. Westword and 5280 magazines have named her "favorite news personality" and "best weather anchor" several times over the years. Kathy was featured in Sports Illustrated, Men's Health, Zenith woman and Colorado Dogs and Cats magazine.

Kathy is married with two sons, a daughter and stepson. The most recent addition, Matthew, was born on Jan. 18. When she is not with her family you can find her out riding on one of her two horses. Kathy also donates time to local charities and animal shelters. She enjoys visiting school classrooms sharing her knowledge of weather and the environment with children .. hopefully inspiring girls to pursue a career in math and science. Kathy is proud to be a foundation board member for Teen With A Dream a youth cancer organization.