. >>> time for a check on the weather with meteorologist lauren whitney who's back with us. hi. >> good afternoon. we have some clouds and there's been some rain down in our southwestern corner near ridgeway. we'll talk about clouds and heat in the denver area coming up. >>> thanks for that. and coming up next, a family of an elderly woman dice. why they say they are -- dies. why they say they are still being victimized. >>> and why new technology in cars could be leaving drivers . >>> welcome back. a woman accused in a case of elderly abuse in lafayette is out on bond and due back in court next family members say julie steinhook brainwashed their elderly mother. >> my mom was hiding everything that was going on from my sister and i. we didn't have a clue on what was going on. >> reporter: it was earlier this year when julie moved into this lafayette home with the elderly victim. over time she gained the victim's trust and was even written into the victim's will. investigators believe. she was working to drain the bank accounts and take the behind bars so she can't do this t

keeping an eye out now for rain chances, lauren whitney is on the roof. >>> until we get lasting rain, we will continue to see these fires. >> there will be fires popping up from time to time but it's windy now. there will be gusty winds and none of the rain will actually hit the ground. there has been one storm near grover that has picked up steam and has rainy -- and has heavy rainfall with hail and lightning. for the most part, storms are scattered. here in denver, we may just be a little windy even though it looks cloudy and remake at the chance of showers to come through. we will time it out in a minute and talk about rain chances toward the end of the week and if we will ever get a break from the 90s and hot temperatures >> certainly windy. >>> the city of denver has given a major downtown street to cyclists only and they are thrilled. >> i love it. i wish it were longer. it's easier to get around. broadway is a hassle but there's a lot to do on broadway so you have to sneak back and come back down on the sidewalk. this makes it a lot easier. >> the bike lane extends about a hal

lauren whitney has our full forecast. we are just crossing our fingers for some rain. >> that area could get rain tomorrow but tonight and through most of tomorrow, not much activity. it's still warm on the western slope. 810 grand junction, 660 avon, 660 salida and boulder, 720 burlington. 820 in la junta. 640 in pine cliffs and a little smidge of rain out there this afternoon. there wasn't much there and not everybody get -- got in on the rain. temperatures pretty toasty. 920 at dia. downtown denver 920. the satellite and radar, really dry on the western slope rain could make your way there later this evening with a look at the denver area. we had a couple sprinkles -- a couple sprinkles but in the southeast part of the state, from burling to flagler and south, is where we have heavier rainfall. that's starting to wrap up near sheridan links. near haswell, a bigger storm with a pocket of heavy rain. out of here the next couple hours. tomorrow morning, we should be dry. a few clouds to start the day but overall, warm and

fall is so close and lauren whitney is tracking it for us. >> good morning, off to a mild start with rain around town.

lauren whitney, we'd love to win some rain! >> we could really use it! so far this month, only 0.03 of an inch of rain officially in denver. so we could use some catching up thunderstorm -- to the north of last chance. canyon city, callahan, and is close to limon, there's been some areas of larger hail, rainfall, and came out there if you do get some of these thunderstorms. our weather watcher just north of colorado spring, he said they had some really heavy rainfall, pea-sized hail and strong wind. with the strong storms moving through, they're down from the severe level, but we're going to see some heavier rainfall. denver has a chance of a storm or two coming through our direction. maybe anla skies clear overnight tonight. tomorrow morning, waking up to sunshine. great start to the day. and our same pattern as always, around lunchtime, just afterward, getting some rain to develop in the southwest tomorrow. and we do have the chance of some of those coming our way tomorrow afternoon and evening in denver. 84 degrees in denver, 89 in burlington. junctio

. >>> meteorologist lauren whitney with us. i think we are all thinking if those showers would land on my house. >> so many people are saying their rain gauges are dry and they need the water for their flouters. taking a look out there, there is a little bit, so something to work with. high country all the way down to the mountains and little built northwest as well. as we head to the eastern has lost momentum, last chance area around byers, little storms and pockets of rain. there has been some very light rain in denver, but overall not much activity for us and there probably won't be. for the post part fairly light, and nicer rainfall at the moment, and taking a wider look of what's happening, an area of high pressure to the west and it's also keeping us on the warm side for the you will knows our temperatures are staying a bit warm. we just showed you the eastern storms. and in bennett she says set she can see it. let's time out the rest. you have a few showers roll on through. by 10:00, high country most of the storms will

. >>> lauren whitney joins us with colorado's weather. >> we're hoping for showers toward denver but they're mainly off to our west and south. a lot of activity south of through the telluride area, aspen, vail, and colorado springs, a thunderstorm heading that direction. and a little pi peaks just a little more snow today. some of our weather watchers, a little rain today as well. in alamosa, a nice afternoon shower. it's a good night to be outdoor. it does feel pretty nice. we could have a few of these head over into the evening. most of it should stay to the south and east. we do have a chance of rain coming through the denver area tomorrow throughout the afternoon and evening. a bit heavier to the north. maybe just a few scattered showers tomorrow night. a better chance of rain will come our way friday. temperatures still pretty warm outside. 88 degrees in denver, 90 in greeley, 90 in burlington and ray. the high country, 84 in avon, 59 in gunnison. and 86 in grand junction. our wind speeds, we have seen some gusty winds on the eastern plains. it died down quite a bit on the weste

fall is so close and lauren whitney is tracking it for us. >> good morning, off to a mild start with rain around town. you're getting rain. it was heavy earlier this morning as you went into parts of el paso and central mountain areas. we'll talk about rain chances coming up. let's check in with joel now. >> we're learning the federal has been shut down from alameda due to a situation from police. they are working that and also working a situation along sheridan. look at this long line of here that's shut down near 38th. >>> a look at the new mall shuttle buses this morning. denver is going electric. jamie leary live this morning to show us. >> reporter: good morning, rtd says it's time to switch out the old fleet which is 16 years old with 2,000 mooils on them. the new buses are battery powered and fully electric and total. the battery life of the buses can get them through a full day of service. the mall ride which runs from here at union station to civic center station provides service to nearly 45,000 passengers per day with close to 14 million boardings so a lot of mall trips to

. >>> lauren whitney on weather duty. real weather coming up! >> we're gonna see some nice temperatures coming up if this is too hot for you. 67, right around where we're at in denver 66 in greeley. 68 in burlington. mountains, 64 in aspen -- 59 in aspen. 74 in grand junction. downtown we got to 89. pretty close to our average of 87 degrees. satellite, radar, getting quieter for us. a little of radar on the eastern plains. never made it into the denver area this evening. we did it was an isolated chance we got anything at all. most of the moisture is off to the west, the northwestern corners, scattered showers, and into parts of the san juans. looking at our futurecast, mostly clear overnight with any of the moisture we have left. tomorrow morning, just a few spots on parts of the western slopes. early hour, mainly off to our west, foothills. some of this we may get some activity tomorrow, we may not. it'll be isolated if we do. temperatures for tonight, fairly mild. tomorrow morning should be nice. low 60s for parts of the eastern plains. 47 fo

. >>> lauren whitney on weather duty. real weather coming up! >> we're gonna see some nice 67, right around where we're at in denver come saturday. 67 in denver right now, really nice outside. 66 in greeley. 68 in burlington. mountains, 64 in aspen -- 59 in aspen. 74 in grand junction. downtown we got to 89. pretty close to our average of 87 degrees. getting quieter for us. a little of radar on the eastern plains. never made it into the denver area this evening. we did think it was an isolated chance we got anything at all. most of the moisture is off to the west, the northwestern corners, scattered showers, and into parts of the san juans. looking at our futurecast, mostly clear overnight with any of the moisture we have left. tomorrow morning, just a few spots on early hour, mainly off to our west, foothills. some of this could head into the denver area. we may get some activity tomorrow, we may not. it'll be isolated if we do. temperatures for tonight, fairly mild. tomorrow morning should be nice. low 60s for parts of the eastern plains. 47 f

we do -- as we get going this morning, dave aguilera in for lauren whitney, we have a few showers that showed up on the picture. way morgan -- and sterling and it's cloudy. thunderstorms run for us this afternoon. by the 20% -- about a 20% chance on the front range. 89 in fort collins and boulder today. 81 in evergreen. 91 in denver and joel hillan, normal highs is 89 degrees so we're a few points above normal for this time of year. that's in town. this is highway -- state highway 30 in gun club road north of jewel and east of e-470. we'll take you out and this transition is called pogo. appropriately named in georgetown where there's an accident in the westbound direction. if you're getting in your car, you can turn to and 94.1. >>> nathan adrian and michael phelps took gold in the men's 4 by 100 freestyle relay in rio. and one of the guys couldn't hold back tears at the medal ceremony. that will get you going. overcome with emoti.n he helped teammate michael phelps each new medal for phelps means a new record. >>> michael phelps ims the butterfly. >>> president obama kicked off his v

. >> the program is funded flew a public >>> let's get over to lauren whitney. we have some changes coming! >> bigger temperature changes coming our way on friday. until then, we have one more warm day on tap! 87 in denver, 90 in greeley. 71 in burlington. 77 in avon, 66 in aspen. earlier today it was warmer, 90 degrees in denver. we spent a little time there this afternoon. 89 degrees from that. it's a little windy in some areas, gusty winds near eagle, and down near telluride. and the eastern plains have been breezy as well. you can tell by the colors. eastern plains, more activity moving up direction. temperatures have moved out near burlington. and heavier rainfall to our south, and scattered showers on the western slope. those starting to ease on up just a bit. ase south of vail, aspen, and close to telluride and grand junction, we have some rain showers right now. here to the west side of estes park through frasier, we have some light rain as well. futurecast for the rest of the evening, we have rain stick around, but it will ease up later into the evening

lauren whitney is with us. we have a lot of change. >> we have cooler temperatures on the way. and a chance for rain. live look outside this morning. orange over the horizon. per --owe -- perfect for us. high country and a lot of 48s for steamboat, gunnison and outf 62 in grand junction. ryan palmer in use ray reporting 54 degrees. beautiful start to the day in the south western area. the front range and eastern plains, we're on the dry side. there's rain trying to move into the south western corner of the state. they're going to see more rain through the morning hours and the rain could get heavier. because of that we have flash flood watches starting at noon for mesa county please be extra careful. the ground is saturated and we're going to hard more. future cast, its rain increases in our south western corner. the rain could get heavy into the central mountains and the high peaks, may get rain-snow mix. we may get a few thunderstorms and rain showers to move through for us. we may have a chance of rain tomorrow morning, so we're could be wet and scattered showers along the d

lauren whitney, any lasting chances of rain? >> not tomorrow, there is a chance of rain and thunderstorms. whether it goes through the area, those showers are spotty. 42% humidity at dia. it's up a little into these cooler late- night hours but 42% in lyman -- limon. we are between about 20 and 25 out that direction which firefighters do not need. there has been just a smidge of rain that has moved through the area in the general vicinity but we haven't seen any good rain and most of it is off to the east. unfortunately, it's not where we would like it to be and we do have the chance of showers rolling through. overnight, skies stay clear. we will talk more about the heat and rain in a couple minutes. >>> also developing, of a park county deputy killed in the line of duty says they plan to sue the sheriff's office. nate carrigan died while serving an eviction notice in february. for more on this, stan bush is live at the fallen officer memorial tonight.>> reporter: nate carrigan's name is going to be added to this wall in the la

let's get over to meteorologist lauren whitney who is tracking the forecast. happy friday. >> happy friday to you. we have a few light showers in denver. foothills getting that rain. down to our san juans and eastern plains and let's zoom to the metro area, there's light showers. i was heading into work and there was sprinkle activity. to our south western rainfall towards grand junction and telluride and rico. estes park and alan park, light rain and greeley and a couple of pockets. rain could get heavy and the state has seen several rounds of this rain so the rain is saturated in some spots. a lot of spots covered in the flash flood watch from noon until midnight. 66 in burlington. 67 in morning drive, joel. >> he's a look at i-25 and 92nd. the drive is looking good. construction to get in your way. here's a look at the northbound picture. there's flashing lights in the hov lane, but hopefully nothing major is going on. but alan as we look at the metro wide map, quite a bit of green except in the north at 103rd causing delays. >>> police are looking for a ma

let's get over to meteorologist lauren whitney who is tracking the forecast. happy friday. >> happy friday to you. we have a few light showers in denver. foothills getting that rain. down to our san juans and eastern plains and let's zoom to the metro area, there's light showers. i was heading into work and there was sprinkle activity. to our south western

let's go now to meteorologist lauren whitney in colorado's weather center. are we expecting any more rain coming our way? >> we have the chance a little bit later on and you can see there's snow on pikes peak right now. we will talk about the forecast coming up in just a moment. ride coming to the 16th street mall. the changes you are about to see. >>> and later what parents need to know about choosing the right backpack to help avoid >>> happening now, rtd is showing off its new buses for the 16th street mall. something the current buses do not have. rtd has ordered 36 of the new red shuttles and they will be charged overnight and then they run all day on the mall. the old buses have more than 200,000 miles on them. many of them have been running for the entire 16 years of the shuttle program. >>> happening today, new rules go into effect for drones. the faa predicts there will be 600,000 of the aircraft operating in the united states within the year. weighing less than 55 pounds, operators must register the drones and pass an aviation knowledge examine but