new smaller hospital will be built next to the current one thanks to the loan, provided $11 leadville county. the people who come through, who need hospital services. in -- now we'll have a state of the art facility to offer medical care. >> ground breaking for the medical facility is set to begin in april. it is expected to be finished a year later. >>> it's that time again, when firefighters will stand at intersections across the metro area asking people to fill the boot. 2016 marks international association of services first teamed up with the muscular dystrophy association. the money they collected will go to research and to help people battling life- threatening diseases that take away their mobility. on the capitol steps today, firefighters and those fighting mda talked about why it's so important to give. >> physical limitations aren't holding us back, and we're living these long fulfilling lives that are inspiring the world around us. possible for me and for other people. >> some firefighters will be out taking donations today, even though the official fundraiser starts on friday. >>

colorado and then through the center of the state from summit county to leadville through navies that, salida, lake city, and creed through the day where you will see pocket of moderate to heavy rain. we're inbetween those two systems so we have very light showers anticipated, hot out west, mild in the mountains with 60s and 70s, 70s to near 80 and will get rained out. high terrain thursday and warm, dry start want evening storm possible friday and saturday. not cause an issue. now they're around c-470, park meadows commute, things are light including castle rock. you can see central park and i- 70, 50s and 60s from the mousetrap to 225, great travel times, a nine-minute commute. we're clear leading to i-70 no longer a factor so if you're worried, don't want you to worry about it. a green light to the airport. >> looks sweet to me. thank you. >>> apple display to pay billion in back taxes after a ruling by the e.u. ireland has given illegal tax it's up to ireland to recover back taxes. >>> a couple checks into a utah hospital after the wife complains of seizures. >> just a whirlwind.

leadville is cool and nice over in grand junction. 75 in northwestern brush in morgan county. this is future cast and very little the clouds are building up and the best chances from the palmer divide and south from i 25 corridor. there is a remote chance that the southern part of the state could get strong in the early evening hours. for most of us it will stay dry and have fantastic temperatures to enjoy. worried we will get there and we may top off on 80 or 81. though it is in the northeastern planes and high country topping off the 70s, so u will get to 81 and still climbing in the grand valley. 91 in grand junction and a great day border to border. the 5 day forecast, sunny and nice climbing into the mid-80s. i put the thunderstorm symbol on there so this is as we roll into the new week ahead. >>> thank you chris. >> you can use your weather on the go to search outings and the jefferson county safety fair is such a great place to do your yearly safety check, talk to the fire department your old cell phone to be used as an emergency cell phone for seniors. you can get valu

normal of 88 with a record of 89, 66 for burlington, 63 for leadville, and 92 for grand junction and jumpers our weather watcher and larimer county reporting lightning and thunder although no rain, 68, down the road debbie bidwell has 78 and she says she sees dark and threatening skies and that is a to come off the foothills of larimer county and as they roll off the highway or - the higher elevations they dissipate but we keep our fingers crossed. we've had this storm up near sedgwick and sitting stubborn and dropping rain, there is a flood advisory for a few more hours and there was heavy rain abound the bonnie reservoir. and there are storms now from cheyenne wells to kit carson most of you high and dry with a and into the next few days as a matter of fact. we will be the most part dry but we do occasionally get a few storms that will pop up with daytime heating and moisture at the surface. storms tonight should start to die off after sunset but this is interesting, the future cast model shows one more batch of storms in northeastern colorado about 9 pm and this may or may not happen although we will watch sometimes they leave

if you're in weld county or greeley out in fort collins, it's breezy. 52 in greeley. 36 in leadville. 5 2 i check out this shot from copter mountain resort. tripp fay shot this. they had snow in the mountains as well. phil curry our weather watchers who is a pilot and flies over the rockies almost everyday, here's a shot at mount evans and the peaks around there. there was a little dumping on snow. on satellite and radar, we had show in grand county. rain and cloudy skies over western colorado. another wave of moisture around aspen. as we go through the morning, we'll have bits of sunshine mixed with clouds and this afternoon, a few showers and thunderstorms as well. high pressure in california. that will make its way in our direction by the weekend, but ahead of it, a little shot of moisture coming for rain. that's in the future cast forecast. a little clearing today and then isolated storms by this afternoon. some of them could get heavy along the kansas line late in the day. the cool stuff is here >>> 70s and 80s across the east with 60s and 70 the high country. showers and storms

leadville has dropped to 34 you could see your breath out there. 61 in grand junction. 57 from diane spray in morgan county out west of brush in today's story is a ridge of high pressure sitting over the western us. let's put this into motion. as we go through wednesday it starts to retrograde or move backwards and wednesday to friday the current model data shows that it builds a bridge up the west coast of the us. if this happens we will get a low out of alaska and western canada and we will see the significant cool down as we roll to the weekend ahead. that is if it plays out. >>> mostly sunny skies to start your day and we will pop up a few clouds by the late afternoon and a few showers scattered about. nothing widespread think we need to change any outdoor plans. clear skies overnight and we do it again tomorrow waking up with sunshine and building clouds and scattered showers during the afternoon and evening. >>> the main weather story today is hot and because it is hotly about air quality and light winds is the combination. poor air quality for denver with an ozone alert. 80s and 90s and denver shoul

summit county and southwest where we will see the best rain earliest today, by noon to 2:00, and thunderstorms in the san juans, and they transition up through the arkansas valley, going to aspen, leadville, and frisco, and silver thorn areas, toward the cash flow glenwood springs and grand junction later in the day today. so not a lot of action on the plains. perhaps a stray storm along the arkansas river, in southeastern colorado, and otherwise, most everything happening in the mountains, with temperatures in the 70s today, and we will be in the 80s and 90s, throughout the east, running about four to five degrees above average, and 91 today, and partly cloudy, and if there are rain and thunderstorms, and my bet is most of them, almost all of and tonight, clearing out and mid-50s tomorrow, again, we have a day with mostly mountain storms and temperatures mid- 80s. and light showers, at best. and wednesday, thursday, friday, and this frontal system coming through in the middle of the week, it is mainly going to change temperatures, and not change our rain profile all that much. >> take a look at this. if you're about to hop on 225, northbound, right around colfax you need to pay attentio