Ella Dorsey | Biography
Ella Dorsey | Biography

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  • Full Name Ella Dorsey
  • Occupation Meteorologist
  • Nationality American
  • Birth Date May 02, 1991
  • Age 33 Years, 6 Months
American Meteorologist

Ella Dorsey | Biography

Host of the morning show 'Wake Up Atlanta'

Dorsey joined the weather team of CBS46 as a weekend meteorologist in 2016. On 27 January 2021, Dorsey took to Twitter to mark her five years at CBS46. She further shared that working at CBS46 allowed her to level up and experience things in a way she never thought possible. She covered topics from the Super Bowl and National Championships to hurricanes and tornado outbreaks.


Ella Dorsey is an American meteorologist. She currently appears on the morning newscast Wake Up Atlanta on WGCL/CBS46.

Who is Ella Dorsey?

Ella Dorsey is a certified meteorologist for CBS46's Wake Up Atlanta. She worked as a meteorologist at WBIR-TV before joining CBS46 in January 2016. 

She is a University of Georgia graduate with a bachelor of science degree in atmospheric sciences and meteorology. In March 2016, she became a certified broadcast meteorologist (CBM).

Why did Ella Dorsey leave WBIR-TV?

Dorsey began her career at NBC affiliate WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee, in January 2014. She worked there for two years as a meteorologist for the midday and weekend newscast. She left WBIR-TV in January 2016 to join CBS affiliate WGCL-TV/CBS46 in Atlanta, Georgia.

CBS46

Dorsey joined the weather team of CBS46 as a weekend meteorologist on 27 January 2016. A year later, she became a part of CBS46's newly launched 9 p.m. newscast, where she covered her first hurricane. 

She left the evening weather forecasting in 2020 to move to the morning show called Wake Up Atlanta, which debuted on 13 October 2020. The show runs from 4:30-7 a.m.

Ella Dorsey on CBS46's Wake Up Atlanta
Ella Dorsey forecasting weather on CBS46's Wake Up Atlanta in January 2022. (Photo: Twitter)

On 27 January 2021, Dorsey took to Twitter to mark her five years at CBS46. She further shared that working at CBS46 allowed her to level up and experience things in a way she never thought possible. She covered topics from the Super Bowl and National Championships to hurricanes and tornado outbreaks.

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In her LinkedIn bio, she described her love for forecasting. She wrote, "I am absolutely fascinated by our atmosphere, and I love getting to teach people about it everyday. I have a strong passion for climate change and the environment. I love that people invite me inside their homes every morning when they watch Wake Up Atlanta, but my real passion comes in the actual data- the forecasting. I hope to making a lasting impact in meteorology and climate change."

Finding Biological Family

Dorsey was born on 2 May 1991. In a Facebook post dated 8 November 2020, Dorsey shared that she grew up knowing that she was adopted and she would get an opportunity to meet her biological mother when she turned 18 years old. 

She said she wasn't ready to search for her birth mom when the time came. However, she later became interested in learning about her birth mother at age 21 and her mother, Jan, helped her search. 

Unfortunately, an obituary from the internet described that her biological mother had passed away a year earlier, leaving behind her older half-brother and a sister. She said she didn't feel right reaching out to her half-siblings at the time.

While sitting in quarantine in 2020, Dorsey decided to sign up with a biotechnology company called 23andme which extracts DNA from a saliva sample and generates reports relating to the ancestry. The results showed the names of her half-brother and half-sister with the option of reaching out. 

Her half-sister, Emma, immediately reached out to her, stating that "she had been searching for Ella for years and she had also done the test a year before in hopes of finding Ella."

In November 2020, Emma and her brother, Noah, came to Atlanta to meet Ella and her mother and spent quality time with each other.

Who is Ella Dorsey Dating?

According to Dorsey's Instagram profile, it appears to be dating a man named Michael Strahl. Although she hasn't referred to him as her boyfriend or partner, it is confirmed that they are in a relationship.

On 17 June 2019, Dorsey shared Michael's photo on Instagram for the first time. She also recounted her outdoor excursion with her partner Michael at Red Rocks Park a few postings later. 

However, after 21 December 2019, when she last shared her time with Michael, there have been no similar updates on her profile. "2019 was pretty fantastic with you," Dorsey captioned the post at the time.

On the other hand, Michael has shared numerous pictures with Dorsey, including an outdoor date and watching a sports game together. In May 2020, Michael shared a photo of themselves and wrote, " I love you, Ella."

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