next at 5:00 wind this morning and sunshine this afternoon, but kathy is tracking some snow in just a few days. >> also ahead a thanksgiving dinner served to at risk kids. a former mm a fighter hopes the kids leave with more than a warm meal. >> many will skip the lines on black friday to take advantage of cyber monday even if they are at work next on 9news. >> this is 9news. >> hey, good evening, everybody. thanks for joining us on this thanksgiving, hope you're having a wonderful day. high winds in denver, snow helping businesses in the mountains, thanksgiving turning out to be a beautiful day, kathy in the weather center.

of the area now. we are grateful for less wind tonight. look at some of the peak gusts around the area, dramatic in wheat ridge wind over 70 miles per hour, the same in rocky plat and winds to almost -- rocky flat and winds to almost 60 miles per hour in boulder. winds to about 30 miles per hour over some of the higher passes. 34 already at dia, 45 denver. temperatures will continue to fall. skies remain clear tonight. one system is tracking east, another one on the way. this one winter weather and travel advisories well outside our state's border, no big travel issues with the second system we're tracking. so temperatures trend downward tonight as you might imagine. we are headed into the 20s under clear skies, but a nice warming trend kicks off tomorrow just in time for the weekend. there's another storm and snow back in denver's forecast. we'll tell you when and where

>> thanks, kathy. the wind is to blame for a fire in larimer county. poudre fire authority tweeted this fire picture off west highway 14 this morning. wind knocked over a power line starting the fire, but it did help firefighters at times blowing so hard the fire was put out in some spots. gusts reached speeds up to 40 miles per hour in the area this morning. no structures were threatened. the fire is contained. the day this year not as much terrain is open as normal. copper mountain said thanks to recent snow tomorrow they'll get more open at their union station lift thanks to the rush. >> luckily mother nature has been pitching in even if it's not as much as we would like. we diddic about up another 3- inch over-- we did pick up

overnight and 2 inches the night before that. >> beaver creek will open tomorrow for the season after getting 8 inches of snow in the past few days. a u.s. service member died from their injuries in syria this thanksgiving. an improvised explosive device went off in northern syria. at least one other service member was injured. u.s. troops are there fighting the islamic state. on this thanksgiving i'd like to send a huge thank you to unfortunately a th whole put themselves in harm's way -- to all the men and women who put themselves in harm's way to keep us safe. thank you for your service. as 9news reporter maya rodriguez tells us, a meal today is just the beginning of a bigger plan to help kids stay away from gangs. >> reporter: it's a thanksgiving on the go. >> that's it. you want some gravy, mashed potatoes? >> reporter: this is the heavy

>> this is like kitchen/classroom. >> reporter: founded by this man, former professional mma fighter la mumba sayers. they're packing up thanksgiving dinners for the homeless and others less fortunate. >> for me to have inch cans get killed -- to have cousins get killed and stuff, that hurt. >> reporter: why is why sayers opened up thla all kids. >> question got a lot of -- we got a lot of gang violence and kids who are disobedient and don't know how to follow basic instructions out here. what i decided to do was to get a place for them to be able to go to. >> reporter: he teamed up with former gang member gerald wright, sr. >> 26 years later i still don't have an answer as to why i joined. >> reporter: who now works for a nonprofit who helps keep kids away from a life he experienced

family and friends and people that i lost since 1989 going into gangs. most of these cats got kids and i say i love them, so i don't want them, their babies to follow the same things we did. >> reporter: lessons they hope others won't have to learn the hard way. >> that's my next chance. >> reporter: maya rodriguez, 9news. opened in the last month. this is the first thanksgiving meal they have offered and say they plan for it to be an annual tradition. denver police are investigating a possible shooting death in north denver. police reported the incident as a death investigation on twitter around 6:20 a.m. police have not released any information about a possible suspect. more than 50 students, professors and others from fort lewis college in durango will spend thanksgiving in the dakotas to show solidarity with

controversial oil pipeline. a caravan 14 cars left durango tuesday morning for the 16 plus hour drive to standing rock reservation. since this summer people have protested the dakota access pipeline. the standing rock sioux says the pipeline threatens reservation drinking water and cultural sites. two people were killed and several injured in a shooting at a park in louisville, kentucky. two men died at the scene and four others were injured. the park was crowded with people attending a series youth football games. no one has been arrested in connection with the shooting. president-elect donald trump back on twitter to talk about keeping a large production plant from moving to mexico. trump tweeted he's working hard even on thanksgiving to try and get the carrier air conditioning plant to stay in indiana. earlier this year it announced the company was moving to mexico taking 1,400 jobs. trump often played reference to

-- made reference to carrier during the campaign saying if the company moved to mexico, it would pay a hefty import tax. he takes over the white house in less than 60 days. he released a video today urging the country to move past what he called a very bruising election campaign. >> it's my prayer on this thanksgiving we begin to really our transgressions and move forward >> there are some questioning how his fast business holdings create conflict of interest especially with foreign governments. the president-elect insists he's no longer in charge of his many businesses. nearly 10,000 runners showed up for the mile high turkey trot. the windy morning did not stop families from coming out to get in on the race at wash park in

running the frisco 5k turkey trot this year. his name is christmas. he apparently has a bit of an identity crisis. this turkey run was about 800 people and runners saw a few inches of fresh snow, but it wasn't a problem for those dressed to run for the holidays. >> we're here for the frisco turkey trot. why else would i be dressed like this? this is an everyday th good, insulated, not to mention this hat does some funny stuff when you're running, too. >> money from the frisco turkey trot goes to frisco elementary school and their science technology engineering and math program. this year it raised about $2,000. >> good stuff. windy but we ended the day with sunshine. however, we could see snow in

more than 50of people at work and you may be guilty as well. >> everyone loves to donate their time and nine around the holidays, but what about the

cyber monday lands on a workday for a lot of people, according to a survey 53% of workers say they'll spend at least some time holiday shopping on the internet while on the job, about 3% up from last year.

instead of shopping at black friday, you could go to the state parks across colorado for free. admission across the state is waived friday for what colorado parks and wildlife is appropriately calling fresh air friday. the state of colorado is known for many things, mountains, sunshine, the broncos, but there is something else that makes this state unique, the arts. tonight at 9:30 on channel 20 9news storyteller nelson garcia explores different forms of creativity aco music. hear from various artists motivated by various issues like crime, homelessness. it airs tonight at 9:00 on channel 20. in mountain towns they're doing what they can to give people snow to play on. frisco park is still trying to open their tubing hill, but it hasn't been cold enough to complete its full hill. they have blown enough snow to

sledding hill open for the holiday. it's not much, but after the slow start to the snow this season it will do. >> we were happy to find this little hill for our kids, so they're enjoying it. >> perfect. frisco hopes to have their tubing hill open in a few weeks. the past couple days have been a big help with low temperatures and natural snow falling. >> keep me posted on this. since i can't ski very well, i love frisco. >> the tubing hill is awesome. it's a this is a day when charities have no shortage of volunteers eager to lend a hand, but people embrace the giving part of thanksgiving. >> but what about tomorrow and the next day and the day after this? 9news political reporter brandon rittiman looks at what you can get out of giving at any time at all. >> i'm in colorado springs and i appreciate that. >> reporter: no invitations, no schedules, on the north side of downtown denver people

hoping to help. >> friends from college, friends from high school, cousins, aunts, uncles, they're all here to help out. >> reporter: this is the third year frankie has loaded up his food truck to hand out free holiday meals. nearby is a truck handing out clothes. homelessness is an incredibly complex issue, but there's nothing complicated at all about helping someone right in front of you. >> it's definitely an eye opener for a lot of people i think. the daily struggles that of somebody in this situation. >> reporter: ashley miner volunteered to feed people at samaritan house and it's easy to focus on turkey and trimmings today, but they wanted to show us something else. it's the clothing room. >> so offer that small piece of dignity to an individual who may not have control over these kinds of things. >> reporter: full of stuff that got cleaned, sorted and

hundreds of people put in thousands of hour here and it >> it is the season of giving. you can donate on colorado gives day on december 6th. >> that is an annual statewide movement to celebrate an increased philanthropy across the state. >> on 9news.com you can find out more information how this works and a link to help you find a nonprofit to donate to. last year $28 million was raised in a single day. that's more than $1 million an hour. it was a record setting year.

>> it's pretty cool how they have the website set up and all the different charities so you can pick and choose exactly who you nt to help out. the winds have died down. we'll warm up this weekend.

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crash at i-70 and central park avenue. we aren't exactly sure which direction these folks were going, but it does seem there is a bit of a backup in that area and one person did go to the hospital with very serious injuries. we'll keep an eye on that. hopefully things will clear up and it will be smooth sailing. switching gears we want to check in with chief meteorologist kathy sabine joining us in the backyard on this thanksgiving. happy to be with you today. >> so happy to be today and so grateful we don't have the wind that we had out here earlier today. the mountains are seeing snow, good travel conditions across the city and in and out of the high country. now that the snow has moved east and skies are clearing we've got a really cold night coming up. our high of 49 is where we should be this time of year. record temperatures in the mid- 70s, i think we're done with records this year.

at 8 at dia terminal and pressure on the rise. calm, clear in the backyard outside the studios, just under 40 degrees. the storm system we're tracking is well off to the east and brought another 3 to 6 inches of snow to areas like winter park, which is open. many resorts like steamboat saw several inches of snow overnight. many resorts are now able to open with this current pattern of storms rolling few days, so wonderful news, timed well for this system is racing east. the next one is onshore in the pacific northwest. high pressure is anchored overthe area and will push the moisture north of us. the snow forecast tomorrow for those traveling tomorrow, not overly impressive or super problematic, which is great news. a winter weather advisory is gone now for the high country. we've seen high pressure is starting to build into the western u.s. already. our storm is tracking into the midwest. snow or wind will increase and the next system is pushing

it looks as though that system we originally thought would bring snow sunday for the broncos game is headed to north dakota. we're enjoying a mild dry weather pattern the next couple days. we'll await this system in the pacific which will bring us snow monday into tuesday, big warming trend starting tomorrow. highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s the next two days. it will be a cool one tonight. highs tomorrow way above average, so enjoy. not as much wind, lots of sunshine and evergreen, 42 in nederland. winds of 60 and 70 miles per hour in the foothills i don't think we'll have to concern ourselves with that tonight. clear, cold tonight, low 23, less wind, sun up tomorrow about 7:00. temperatures around 53 at lunchtime, close to 60 in the afternoon, so 10 degrees warmer than average, a trend continuing through saturday. it's cooler sunday, but i took the snow out, put a few flurries in monday night and

temperatures stay seasonal as we move lieu the rest of the week. light the lights is tomorrow night, a great night, a big cu game coming up saturday, wonderful weather for our buffs and how about the broncos. they take the field. it will be breezy and dry.

from colorado's sports leader here's rod mackey. >> the good part about playing on christmas is the broncos got thanksgiving off. let me clarify. they didn't have a game like six others did, but they did practice indoors as they continue to get ready for kansas city. the thing is, football is as much a part of thanksgiving as thiskether watching on tv or playing rd, something the broncos said they did as kids. >> yeah.

whole neighborhood, pretty much every thanksgiving back in california for me when i was younger. it seem like it was always raining or about to rain. so we just called it the mud bowl and pretty much the whole neighborhood there, which was like 40 on 40 playing against each other. so it was real fun. so it was a great memory for me. >> i used to be too rough. they wouldn't let me play. >> reporter: you play in the street? >> yeah. i was play is in the streets with my -- streets with my older cousin. i was young, but i'd be big and they'd bring me to play ball and i'd be beating up on them and i was just a little kid. so it was fun. the lions have played on turkey day since 1934. former onco kicker matt prater playing here with the game tying and winning field goal in the last two minutes of the 4th. a walk-off lions beat the vikings, 16-13. steelers visit the colts later

just 18 remain. for those teams there will be no watching the turkey bowls on tv. instead they'll be the ones on the field. >> this is the best possible scenario. i wouldn't want a week off knowing that another team was playing for the championships. >> it's really cool to be one of the only teams in the state that still gets to practice. >> reporter: some will pair the sport with their

that to us, glad we could that for him. >> reporter: for others playing on the holiday is like going back for seconds. >> not a lot of people can sa they're playing foot?aa?ball on thanksgiving day and having it be in a business atmosphere. the reason we've had success in the past is because we were with all my brothers. >> it's just fun being arou your coaches and friends, just kind of like that brotherhood environment, just being around people that you love. >> reporter: there won't be a lot of time to digest the feelings of living to play another week. >> better opportunities to watch film or even have team dinners or just practice with each other more. >> reporter: especially if you're the team that chooses to bring thanksgiving to the field. >> there's kevin. he's out here because it's

>> reporter: taylor temby, 9news. >> he's a pet. >> apparently friendly. >> named him after the movie up. >> thanks, rod. >> i love that movie. that makes me sad, though. >> me, too. chilly tonight. >> it is, clear, cold, drop to 23, but tomorrow and saturday almost 60 and more snow for the mountains. can't get any better than this. >> thanks, kathy.

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