our temperatures right now are actually on the cool side. 70s in northern colorado and closer to the foothills, temperatures in the 60s and in the 50s. we will be below normal again today, and highs are in the mid- 70s this afternoon. with temperatures in the 60s and 50s, closer to the foothills. and now, right now, check out the metro area, and it looks a little hazy out there still, and the humidity levels right now are pretty high but that rain that is actually falling is up towards northeastern colorado. and a heavier bout of rain actually over the panhandle of nebraska. and we will get another chance of seeing some storms out in ea green outline looks like a duck, doesn't it? >> yes. >> we zoom in a little closer and it is the eastern plains that will have the best chance of seeing those stronger storms this afternoon. and some of those storms will contain some hail, and some strong winds, and some brief heavy rain, but stick around, i will time it for you coming up in the full weather and a look at the warmer weekend, and you know what the cooldown, we have been experiencing it

and in northern colorado, we have a bit more sunshine. our clouds have already increased and they be thicker as the afternoon rolls on. through late afternoon is when you will see the shift in the weather. the winds increase. and we will also see a better chance of rain, especially in the mountains. take you through the future cast and through this afternoon, around 3:30, and darker clouds around the city, and also in northern colorado, as that front approaches, and those showers will be more numerous in the mountains, along i-25, and for the front range, and mostly isolated. we are not expecting to see widespread rain, so possibly foothills and the south, that is when there could be a heavier amount of rain in parts of park county, up to three quarters of an inch of rainfall. 55 is the overnight low tonight. temperatures in the high country, could drop into the 30s in some mountain valleys. 50s mainly down low and out east and that's about 10 degrees cooler, than this morning. and then after that, that cold front, that cooler air, just k

>> shelby majors reporting 60 degre say it's great in northern colorado. we'll talk about our travel forecast across the over a million ears of corn are picked a day here in olathe, colorado. and i'm glad we have a senator who uses his ears to listen to what's most important to colorado farmers. michael bennet asked what he could do to help, and then worked with republicans to make a farm bill that's making a difference to all farmers in colorado. the thing that impresses me most about michael bennet: we don't always agree, but he values our input. and i do trust michael bennet to look out for us. >>> welcome back. let's look what's happening across the country. we have relief from the humidity as we head to the east coast to the south coast where it has been humid. not too bad. it's a break up in the northeast as we head towards the pacific northwest and the southwest, it's warm towards phoenix and the pacific in the west. it should be in the 70s and 80s. the midwest, parts of nebraska and wyoming and joel, good morning. >> hey, lauren. we're following a t

the forecast for the rest of the state -- let's take a look at it, sh 60s. 70s in northern colorado and eastern plain, few more cloud, 70s. a closer look means we have sky that are bit blue for fort collins. this afternoon, low 80s from fort collins into denver and then 70s and 60s in the western slope, high of 89. we continue to see monsoon wind in colorado, we have a better chance of seeing heaviest rain in the mountains and for southeast colorado. this severe weather correlates with the monsoon wind pattern because the central part of the country will have flash flooding and heavy rain expected. we'll take you throughout the rest of the day. through 5:00 p.m., notice we could have storms east and to the south of us and northern colorado, closer to the foothills. there could be heavy rain, small overnight, we could have light shower in the city and through tomorrow morning, we're wake up to partly cloudy skies with the potential for more storms, especially south of us, but our chance of rain does go down. the rain forecasts through tomorrow afternoon shows heavier pockets of rain and

and what that is doing is causing humidity to increase across colorado to allow for storms this afternoon. we see those clouds in northern ra mountains in the distance and clouds in the sky. the chance for rain in colorado will be a bit lower with storms scattered in the mountains. for the metro, to the west and south. your headlines, the temperatures will be warm with highs in the mid-80s and this afternoon, a break from the clouds and some sunshine with storms holding off until after 5:00. the rain forecast, the next 24 hours, puts heavy pockets of rain in the mountains and the metros -- metro area. there may be one tenth of an doppler 9, the storms are moving counterclockwise and you can see it in the movement of these rain bands in northern arizona for the next 24 hours, moving into new mexico. it is bringing in moisture into colorado, and along the front range mountains, and closer to the metro, despite the clouds much lighter rain to the south near douglas county. clouds in the high country and temperatures in the 60s, 50s and 40s in higher elevations. temperatures in the 60s and 50s and zooming in, you notice that

get it at least one more thunderstorm out in the area this evening this is another view up in northern colorado kind of a partly cloudy sky pretty quiet of their high temperatures right at 81 so far in the denver area 75 up in fort collins the mountains generally in the 70s and 80s radar satellite a lot of the rain has just missed us along the front you can see that and all those green areas here's the radar closer to denver focus on this line right here this little wave will move through denver over the next few hours we seen a lot of action over the eastern plains look at these thunderstorms they have big hail and high winds out there future radar. it takes that line that i pointed out and brings a right through denver in the next few hours. were not quite out of the woods tonight yet. looking ahead sunday another round of storms in the afternoon the monsoon may very well ease up on his next week with 90s returning all talk more about all three of those guys coming up in a few more minutes. tensions arms maven heads of boiling point right now after competition between two gangs led to a shoot

the city, even in our northern mountains, northern colorado and eastern plains. you've got stormy weather yesterday. so how about we ?g<#:u 53?2<'$:< the storms today will actually develop in parts of our central mountains to the south and also ?gpjpa]0" future cast. around 1:00, we're still in good shape if you want to do anything outside. but after about 3:00, 42n+ you'll notice a few storms developing in the mountains. we'll start to push toward the southeast. here in the city, the closest kb!? will probably be park county. around 7:30. most of the storms to the south. and overnight, our skies are with upper 40s in fort collins in greeley and 50s in the plains. good news jg,fl headed up to coors field to cheer on our rockies and the &8rff yesterday -- huge rain delay, today is looking better. >>> close to 90 degrees on ? belen. you and i were going to go on a >>> we may be y#ffij?b:wd-?v and 90-degree temperatures soon enough. >> but nasa says the r ecord- breaking temperatures we saw in the region is warming twice as fast as elsewhere around the world. making

the state picking up the most amount of rain showers around here, but some heavier pockets in northern colorado, aerial flood advisory in place for ports of weld and morgan counti and morgan counties until later on tonight. right now just south of castle rock we're watching light rain showers, thing getting going still in eastern el paso county with flash flood warnings until about 7:45. some of the video that's coming at us out there from the el paso county area just incredible. flash flooding concerns, you can see cars submerged almost in the water. they had to do water rescues out there and we were also watching all this hail that actually a plow truck got stuck because the hail was so thick in some places, just unream as we -- unreal as we wind down the month of august. 50s in eastern colorado, 30s and 40s in the mountains. the storm system stays still, starts to weaken by tomorrow and wednesday it pulls out of the region. we aren't done yet. showers and thunderstorms wind down by we'll have a dry beginning to the day, sunshine in the metro area and 4 or 5 p.m. like clockwork the showers an

while northern colorado and northeast colorado, we desperately need the moisture, there, but that forecast is going to remainely dry. winds gusty at times, overnight lows in the mountains, we are starting to see kind of this transition of overnight lows in the mountain valley becoming chilly, we have the 30s on the front range temperatures in the 50s, eastern plains. tomorrow morning weaking up and kind of a crisp morning, could be o send the kids off with sweaters. tomorrow the high of 74, chance for showers in the morning, light showers during the day. afternoon showers in the forecast on thursday with a high of 77 degrees, we gradually start to warm up. on friday, the high of 82 degrees, a chance for a light shower. lets merry this into the weekend. 70s for the next few days, friday, 82, and mid 80s for the weekend. it is not too early to talk about the weekend with a chance foothills. looking ahead to our broncos pre-season game, kick off will be 7:00 p.m. against the rams, you can see that game on channel 20, our coverage starts 6:00. the temperatures will be in the 70s. as of now, th

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first i'm starting off with the highs today because we got into the low 80s 80s in northern colorado, 70s down south near colorado springs. they have been socked in with clouds and that heavy rain, but here's what's going to happen in your weather pattern. currently we do have this area of low pressure over southern colorado in the southern mountains. so eventually it will start working its way northward. we'll be under this area of high pressure for the end of the week to allow our the jet stream. our temperatures by the end of the week will be in the upper 80s. maybe it will be more pleasant to be outside, especially because our rain chances will go down as well. the rain forecast taking us through friday around 8 a.m., notice how most of the rain that falls from now through then will continue to be the heaviest in the mountains and to the south. we continue to see kind of the moisture working its way from the south to the north. so tomorrow into wednesday we're still in the low thursday, friday and even into saturday. that's when the temperatures will be in the mid- to upper 80s. r

low pressure in the atmosphere and it's going to clip by northern colorado today. it's pushed a weak cold front. we showed you that this morning and now it's already into north eastern colorado sitting along the palmer divide and temperatures are cooler than this time yesterday. a couple clouds popping and showers and storms that are widely scattered. do not wet. it's widely scattered activity and it could have brief local rain. way out here on the north eastern corner there's a slim chance these storms could get loud. we'll watch that for you. notice the cloud cover along the front range. tonight. a few places may crack the 80-degree mark around town. 80s to 90s on the western slope. the cold front knocks us back tomorrow and low 80s. in the afternoon our storm chances are better than today. saturday still in the 80s and sunday we start climbing back >> i'll take it. >> find out where these storms are popping up with our free cbs4 on the weather go app. search cbs weather in your app store. >>> we can help you get a free bike helmet to keep your children safe. doze

here's your first alert it just clipp northern and southeastern colorado. scattered storms possible in denver this afternoon, our threat for severe weather here is low. will be a touch warmer today. mid- to upper 70s. denver at 78. fort collins 76. 50s and 60s in the central mountains. as we get into the weekend, things really start to heat up. we have all those details coming >>> here is an rtd alert, if you ride the train to the plane, due to operational difficulty to the 40th and airport and pena station, 10 to 15 minute delays on the a line. allow extra travel times during the next two hours. they apologize for any inconvennence. driving out is okay. just slow because they'll have the speed reduced trying to get out to the airport. open. >>> thank you, sir. it's 5:56 now. a newborn goes to children's hospital for treatment and ends up with a broken leg. >>> trump is making an appearance in aspen, after making his fans wait, though, so long i'm not sure we're going to call this fashionably late. >>> another quick look at the live situation at columbine v

we've got between 4:00 and 5:00 quite a few scattered storms and showers covering northern colorado and risk for severe weather tomorrow. we have a better chance for the storms tomorrow here in denver. that's our severe weather outlook for friday. it covers the entire metro area, all of eastern colorado, and again portions of our northern mountains, with damaging winds, also larger storms. temperatures today still pretty mild. we're just 2 degrees cooler than normal. mid-80s today. overnight tonight still pretty nice. upper 50s to low 60s. you'll notice what this front does. we don't warm up nearly as fast. by 9:00 tomorrow we're at 65. and by 11:00 upper 60s to low 70s. it's going to be a lot cooler tomorrow. enjoy today. summer heat hopefully getting out to the pool before the storms hit. highlandra in parker 82. you're going to find more 60s and 70s in the mountains today. 90s still across pueblo and lamar. but that front is going to dive pretty far south through friday and saturday. it's going to bring a lot of cool air to most of the state, especially down across the southeastern c

. >> she takes comfort knowing her father's last hours was spent in his favorite place, northern colorado. he loved to fish and ride atv's. helping a family friend build a house. >> she was on the phone with her dad when he was struck by lightning. >> the phone line cut out, and i kept trying to call him back. there was no answer. >> a few hours later, he died at the hospital. >> the hardest part was the doctor telling me that say goodbye to your dad. >> born on the 4th of july, chad loved to the american flag a chad's favorite people and memories. the one memory that will stay in jennifer's heart of the last hug they shared. >> think didn't think that -- i didn't think it was going to be the last time i talked to my dad so that's the memory i'm holding onto my dad. >> that's lauren dispirito. our heart goes out to the girl and trevor completed a fundraiser for children. the family asked for donations to be made there in his name. >>> new information in a hail storm that tore through colorado springs. it shows the destructive force of that storm back on the 28th of july. insurance experts

. >>> an update on the method beaver creek wildfire in northern colorado and we will show you what as a firefighter so worried when we come back. >>> a huge gasoline spill and colorado springs and why parks and wildlife officials have stepped in.>> dave says changes are on the way and he is back with stay with us. ,, ,, ? ? ? award winning engine. the volvo xc90. >>> it is a chamber of commerce colorado day and we are only 30 sports authority field and meteorologist dave aguilera, will the weather cooperate? >> we will be in great shape and there may be some moisture rolling over the hills that may sprinkle but not a big deal, we see cloudy conditions that kickoff and maybe a little sprinkle and gusts of wind, starting the game was 77 and halftime around 70 and and 66 by the fourth quarter. a game the way things look right now and highs today, 85 at the airport, 84 a greeley, 82 in boulder and in the 80s tomorrow but there is a little bit of a change with more cloud cover, on doppler 4000 you see those building in over the city already and just a couple of echoes showing up in the foo

i told you there's a couple out there kicking up their heels or we are looking at here is a northern colorado you can see what's going on area of low pressure spinning over seattle not uncommon public outcry it is but look how dry it is all the way out west what little moisture there is in the air rises up and over the rocky mountains in spreads onto the eastern plains of windstorm we have right there in northeast colorado up and loading county has comes up your eye will continue to track it for you and have an update coming up at 10:00 o'clock in the billings public and how hard it is up to the west the good news there is cooler off to the north and west and eventually will tap into some of that for today and another one of the summerlike days out there there's nothing wrong with these readings we were breaking any records timbers averages 89 we had 9171 out of the arena where we should be very summerlike temperatures which just of the continuation of the he's 73 and 76 south went down to 9 miles per hour the humidity is comfortable out there of the mountains right now something up in steamb

, we've got 70s in the mountain, the western slope, 60s eagleford, leadville, 80 and 70s for northern colorado. and clouds will thin out and broomfield, 77. centennial, 75. afternoon highs will be in the 80s from fort collins to denver and eastern plain and mountains, 60s western slope, 86 degrees, threat of severe weather will be pretty low, stronger storm will be in the northern tier of the u.s. over minnesota. right now, doppler 9 is showing storms over northern new mexico so the me the movement of this storm so that is how we will see storms develop this afternoon from the south to the north around 3:30. most of the action is happening in the mountains. to the south of the city around 7:00 p.m., look off towards the distance to the south where you can see some lightning. then overnight, our skies are mostly cloudy and areas of fog could develop on the eastern plains. around 56 degrees, areases of fog, as i mentioned, and chance of some showers. we will warm up on thursday and friday and the start of your weekend will be warm, high of 88. >>> the drug company will make a generic version of

i think the high will keep most of northern colorado on the dry side. it will bring in a little heat tomorrow. have to look for at i would call it a perfect day. 76 at the airport. same thing downtown. normal high is 87. it was a chilly start. we started at 5:58 and 47 degrees at the airport. 49 downtown. 1 degree away from tying the record low which was in 1939. tonight we are at 63, downtown 58. humidity 47. our weather watcher in arvada is coming in at 57. and nancy in lafayette is that 54. i had to show you this picture. see this snowboarder? he shot this a couple of days ago at st. mary's glacier, and you see a cross country skier. some areas had a light dusting in the last 24 hours. it will clear out tonight, sunny by tomorrow morning. the d host thunderstorms will be over southern colorado. there may be one or 2 in southern jefferson county. but that is about as close to denver as they will get. overnight lows 40s in the mountains. 40s and 50s download. 60s on the western slope. highs tomorrow a little warmer. we're looking at 80s and a few 90s i

we're at 68 at the airport, low 70s in northern colorado, 83 in lamar, a little warmer. we will be warmer within the next couple of days. i'm watching a few more storms out there and of course, colleen, all eyes on weekend, events going on so we have forecasts for it all. >> that humidity comes out from nowhere when it's been a nice couple of days. >> relatively dry. >> totally stands out. >> yeah, and it shows -- the hair. >> the hair. >> the hair. >> thanks, danielle. we'll check back in a bit. >>> after countless surgeries rehab, officer addsit returns to work. he was working during a protest when a car draggedded him down the road. he broke done and had damage around his body. he's eager to get back to work. >> you know, i don't know what the next few years holds at this point but i feel confident it will be positive. >> we are so proud of an on limited duty during the transition to work. the two officers with him on december 2014 were with not seriously hurt. we wish him all best in his recovery. >>> history more than a half century in the making. today was the firs

is going to take some big bucks to clean up from that big hail storm a couple of weeks ago in northern colorado. we're going to tell you just how much this will cost. >>> and speaking of hail, we could see more today. there is a slight risk for a little severe weather here along i-25. look how cool it is this morning. 39 in estes park. 55 at city park. jayson, it's cool now, but here's your first alert we are going to warm up by the weekend. >>> we have a lot of accidents, northbound side of i-25 under alameda. extra five minutes there. also a rollover crash in >>> at 6:15, we have all kinds of traffic trouble spots and we'll get to the rollover crash on the southbound side of monaco right at mississippi. it is leetsdale. that is basically closed down now. you can see from our live picture the southbound side, the lanes are blocked. holly is being used now as the alternate route. the northbound side of monaco is open coming up from let's iliff. but it will be some delays obviously. we have an accident northbound i-25 right under alameda. it's really affecting northbound santa fe. the big troubl

it is a little cooler across most of northern colorado. we have a cold front moving into the state today. our futurecast shows a few of those storms again closer in to evening. then skies overnight will clear. but that threat for severe weather today and tonight does include parts of northeastern colorado, right where that front will be hanging out for a few hours. later today, early tomorrow, it's going to back into along the i-25 corridor. i just dropped the clicker. 87 today, tomorrow closer to 80. with that front closer to town it will be cooler. we'll see more clouds. here's your first alert we'll see some upper 70s to near 80. we've got a beautiful we school, you can enjoy this, saturday 82, sunday 85. >>> we have a good drive here at i-25 and 225. this is the ramp northbound 285, eventually up to parker road. southbound exit ramp to bellevue. very quiet commute down to the south. you can see the sunshine. 6th avenue and c-470. all the other routes, gorgeous sunrise, but it's sun will be a big problem. take a look at the overall driv

. >>> we're keeping an eye on the storm weather moving to northern colorado producing lightning this evening and chris spears it is one of the few storms you're tracking.>> yes pop-up of storms east of denver and they are still out there right now from fort morgan down through last chance, not severe but brief and heavy rains drip dc this line that extends from bennett back sprinkles maybe or outflow winds kicking up the atmosphere, also over south- central colorado from springs down to the lamarr area. all of that will come to the end as we roll through the evening, waking up with a few clouds on the eastern and southeastern plains tomorrow but the rest of you will have sunshine through the day and lots of sunshine in heat coming our way with a crop up of a few widely scattered showers and storms. activity, but definitely a chance for a couple to pop up tomorrow by far the headline will be dry and hot. 89 today downtown and at the airport, we started in the 50s, close to the normals and not near the records of 99 and 48. right now 60s and 70s east of interstate 25, the higher elevat

stormy start to the workweek, scattered showers and thunderstorms pushing into the metro area, northern colorado and really hammered colorado spring with the hail and flooding rains and snowfall in the mountains, kind of a taste of all the seasons. 80s on tap tomorrow, a coup degrees cooler for, similar setup across the eastern plains, too, 60s and 70s in the mountains and close to 90 to the west. foothills in the 60s and is. s. it will -- and arvada and littleton and we'll watch temperatures cooling to the 60s and 70s in the high country areas. the next couple days we'll be watching the showers like clockwork, wednesday afternoon not quite as bad and we head toward the holiday weekend and it's looking pretty good. can't completely ruling out seeing one or two saturday afternoon, storms, but look at that, labor day not too shabby, close to 80 degrees, lots of sun balls. >> ish. >> what's going on with the tonight show? you know. i don't. >> kevin bacon, megan treanor. >> adele knows everything. we'll see you here again

it is becoming too familiar this summer to farmers in northern colorado. >> it looked worse than i thought it was going to be. >> reporter: more distraction in the cabbage field. certainly be widespread rather than these locally grown vegetables vegetables will be shipped in from places like california. >> you have got transportation it is going to be more expensive . >> reporter: a devastating blow. vegetables typically minced in a kitchen sliced and diced right here in the field. >> it is a fact of life. >> reporter: the crop damage is estimated in the multimillion dollar range. the silver lining here is that crops like these carrots hacker underground if we have an extended summer, they might be able to recover. russell haythorn, denver7 . >> today president obama in louisiana speaking with families devastated by the floods. he promised federal help. president obama was criticized for not going down sooner but the governor said this weekend he told the president to hold off. >> a lot of parents in florida are really upset about this form allowing students to opt out of the this says i a

. >>> a hailstorm that hit northern colorado and parts of wyoming caused at least $25 million in damage, that is amount of-- the amount insured private property. it brought hail the size of tennis balls and gusts of 55 miles per hour. mike nelson is joining us now, storms like that this weekend. >> as we get close to the middle of august we're not quite to the end of thunderstorm season but you can generally see it from here by about labor day weekend or shortly thereafter. gentle clouds today from loveland, a littte bit of a different story down and el paso county, the view from our camera, looking back to the west if you storms building there but that's about all the scene. the denver area, scattered thunderstorms to the edge of the cold front to usher in some really nice conditionn. for this evening it is mainly southeast of denver that we will see the best chance of storms. we expect if you are the clouds and very few of those right now, a delightful 82 downtown and out of the airport, humidity at 19%. pretty dry air and wind from the east northeast at 12, temperatures cooler than y

thunderstorm and rain threads we may have fog this big white area north of denver that is fog for northern colorado into tomorrow morning we start sunny and denver we're still sunny at the lunch hour look at the storms over the mountains they'll roll downhill try to come a crossed our 25 and denver during the afternoon tomorrow. but eventually moved away highs tomorrow warmer than today by 5 degrees 85 for temperature. the denver area tomorrow 85 for stapleton 86 is on the westside of town. seventys and black hawk 80 for evergreen tomorrow if you look at a break it down at times that fog up north mimi sunny here in denver turning partly cloudy at launch a there is our threat of rain and storms for the afternoon met threat is roughly 20 percent 85 degrees over the happens 87 on monday tomorrow and monday very similar days. the monsoon the seasonable moisture starts to ease tuesday wednesday thursday temperatures go up initially to 90 and then they come down by the end of the week we really try out. the temperatures dip down below 60 degrees in the morning. fifty-five for our morning temperature that

we have a few storms in northern colorado springs into the black forest going on as well. so some good rains here in the south lands this afternoon. 89 was the high at the airport and downtown. just one point above what's normal for this time of year. a nice cool down where it's raining in downtown it's 70 here. d.i.a. has not quiet seen the cool down. it's now at 82 degrees. herb crop is our weather and after the moon goes down, will be the best for meteor storm watching. you may want to stay up to get a look at that. one or two of those could be severe from denver down toward trinidad. we'll watch for that late in the day tomorrow. highs the tomorrow, this is the big news. 80s and 70s along the eastern plains. # -- 70s in thunderstorms tonight. we'll be in the upper 50s for the overnight low. tomorrow early sun, afternoon storms and only 82 for the afternoon high to finish off the week. weekend ahead low to mid-80s. scattered to isolated thunderstorms each afternoon. monday and tuesday upper 80s to start next week and mostly sunny skies on supbld. -- sunday. so it'll be

arvada man has died after being hit by lightning happen and abuzz about national for news and northern colorado the coroner's office identified that man as 45 -year-old chad investigators say he was in the crystal lakes red feather lakes ar y when a large storm moved through that area there was standing between a couple trees when he was hit. with less than 80 days to go before the election there is one candidate not heard a lot from outside of commercials that senator michael bennet that changed as he helped open a campaign office and commerce city fox 31 31 political reporter speaking with him exclusively tonight. we have talked a lot of politics so far this election year for presidential candidates to one candidate had a particular quiet summer senator michael bennet is today where they green bus rolled and to commerce city. there is a big gap in this. seeing his commercials this is one of the first stops and months are cameras have been invited to senator michael bennet opening up an office for yourself and hillary clinton. i may have not seen me i spent a lot of time. during our exclusive

rhonda palmer is our weather watcher in you're a shot the moisture through denver and northern colorado. a little dryer shot is coming. we start off cloudy and see the sun break through. another line of moisture moving into western colorado and that's showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. what's happening is we still have cooler air in place over the east side the rockies with a little disturbance shooting through and that's providing moisture. there's high pressure in california. that will move in through the forecast. we'll break through with sunshine and more shower and thunderstorms this afternoon popping across eastern plains. about a 20 to 30% chance across the east. anything east of the divide here. so a good chance today of getting at least a little moisture. 70s and 80s down low. 60s in the mountains today. so the forecast for denver, 76 is the high. showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. 83 tomorrow. a little more sunshine with isolated afternoon storms, so we keep the 80s rolling through the thunderstorm. so right now, joel, i know you guys work monday through friday a

on top of that a sliver of moisture coming across salt lake into northern colorado and parts of wyoming here. that's moisture available for thunderstorms this afternoon. this is the moisture that blew through louisiana causing huge flooding problems. this is mixing in with monsoonal flow and causing problems. st. louis has had flooding issues already this morning. isolated storms in the mountains and moving out over the eastern plains should be typical late summertime day. right along the palmer dwoid it could get strong this afternoon and that's it. temperature wise, 70s and 80s in the mountains and 90s and 80s today. isolated afternoon storms in the upper 80s and same deal a slight chance of a late day storm and a weather changer coming in on friday. 76 degrees possibly on friday with scattered thunderstorms. joel, i would call that 76 degrees day luscious. looks very nice on the map there. and maybe turn things green. >>> i-70 in pecos this morning, you can see we have the building into town. southbound coming into town, speeds still looking good and dipping down into the 50s and 60s

northern colorado with the 60s and low 70s out to the west. so it certainly will feel a little bit warmer than today but we will be stuck with the clouds and stuck with the storms tomorrow. things turn more isolated by sunday and we will crank things up to the 90s and that summer we right after this. wall street like report that came out. the labor department showed numbers higher than expected. stocks had the best day in a >>> from colorado's sports leader, here is drew soicher. >> the most significant milestone in coors field history is likely to be reached this weekend. maybe even tonight. miami marlin outfielder itcherro suzuki is in town. he is two base hits short of 3,000 for his magnificent major league baseball career. he has been stuck on 2988 for more than a week. marlins are here for three we will get a view of that historic moment. 29 members of the 3000 hit club including former astro star craig v igero. next week in chicago on channel 20. looks like paxton lynch will which rookie do you think will have the biggest impact. >> paxt

northern colorado mostly influenced by this. and the other thing we're watching, all this orange and red, that's dryer air in the atmosphere. that's starting to get brought into the flow over the state, so you'll notice a decrease in cloud cover and the coverage of the afternoon storms today. future cast shows that nicely. the storms down there right now on their way out. most of us will have a pretty good amount of sunshine through morning, early afternoon. here's 2:00, a few blips over the mountain. not the coverage we've been seeing. by late afternoon, early evening, a risk of storms. we have moisture trapped at the surface. those storms will exit tonight. the areas in green, east of i-225, a mid 80s on the southeast. some 70s in the higher elevations and 80 to near 90 on the western slope. 5-day forecast features a warming trend as we go into your weekend. joel, a few isolated storms, but i think we're going to escape and have a great weekend ahead climbing through the 80s and nearing 90 as we go into next week >> it looks g

we will crank it up 10 to 15 degrees around the metro areas in northern colorado. it's going to be a scorcher. high pressure pushes off to the east, making way for a storm system out there in parts of canada. that will dip in cooler air by mid week. a better shot of rain for us wednesday and thursday. a taste of fall and the tail end of sr. middle of the week. >> and then more sunshine. >> thank you, danielle. >>> here it is, the final medal count for the rio olympics. the united states had 121 medals total, including 46 gold. >> from colorado's sports leader, here is rod mackey. >> in aimer peck world, the broncos would have already named the starting quarterback. but it's important to do it right than do it fast. the question continues to be asked, who is going to be the qb? most thought it would be sanchez. i thought siemian but then he threw turned it over, making it a mystery again. he had a pick but the only qb to throw a td. in fact he threw two of them. so who knows. >> i mean, i know i can play this game and i'm better than i showed tonight. in two plays.

it will help drag a cold front sitting at the surface in wyoming right down into northern colorado. we should call it a cool front, not cold front because it's not a major batch of cooler it is cooler. as we look through the afternoon, a usual dose of showers and storms popping over the high country late morning and early afternoon and as they pull to the east, more energy out here on the north eastern plains so we could see a couple storms get strong and severe. fort collins is included in the area near sterling and akron and they will roll off into nebraska and kansas later tonight. here's the risk area for a couple strong storms, maybe even severe in fort collins and watch you closely this afternoon. near 90 today in denver so slightly cooler than yesterday. it will be in the 90s in the arkansas river valley. oisz to near 90s on the western slope -- -- 80s. you see the cool down there. i think tomorrow in denver we get a slightly better chance for afternoon storms. >>> cool front, not cold front. i got it. moet is warming up out there. you need the brakes koun there in the southb

we've got 90s in northern colorado. out towards the eastern plains 80s and a few 70-degree temperature readings in the high country. here is a look at the front ra so far we are looking dry. we've got sun shining now. we will track a few more storms rolling off the foothills making their way into the metro area. those storm right now mainly to towards parts of el paso county where a flash flood warning is in effect. lightning strike out toward the san juans, about 422. there's a closer look at that cell that has caused already some hail, up to penny size in that area. another look, i can't get enough of that shot. there one guy looking out in the distance at that storm. now there a chance for more clouds and more storms in the metro area from now through 8 p.m. from 6 to 1 a.m. storms. let me take you through futurecast. as we go throughout the rest of the afternoon in the city, stormy weather is going to die down, but in the east we could potentially see stronger storms develop this afternoon into the overnight hours.

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details that started this wild fire burning in northern colorado. >>> plus getting their voices heard. >>> copter 4 just launched. here's what we're seeing. traffic moving okay in this area. the sun not yet up. today we start a cooling trend and we're going to see a surge of thunderstorms across the state later for waking up with us. i'm britt moreno. >> i'm alan gionet. lauren is here right now. lauren, this is a big temperature change. >> oh, yes, from yesterday when we hit 93 degrees. tomorrow we may hit 73. 20-degree drop headed our way. we'll be cooler, but the change comes tomorrow. this morning, it's nice outside. 62 in denver. 58 in burlington and we have 59 in lamar. 41 in leadville. 48 in steamboat. and 61 in grand junction. we'll talk about the

cars in his garage he really love being outdoors using his hand you find japanese cabinet in northern colorado. his daughter says he spent every weekend there with his buddies. i think that was his haven't out there. but like the weather life can change in a flash. feels like a nightmare right now on friday chad is helping his best friend on the yard after a storm rolled through. he was just standing there and between trees. he's on the phone with me when he got struck. struck by lightning i just remembered like the whole line chad died at the hospital. i'm glad i was able i was able to hear his voice. and be able to physically hear his voice and talk to him. even now and doesn't seem it doesn't seem real like someone like him should be gone. now all they have our memories and a life a life lesson from a man who knew how to live. he had 45 years of family and having fun and good friends much more than a lot of people do. and there 45 there 45 years are here to those who knew him getting a heroes goodbye has like flies at half staff and his honor. a good reminder to stay indoors when it is ligh

the storm july29th caused $25 million in damage to crops, houses and other property in northern colorado and southern wyoming. lightning from the same storm started several fires. according to a spokeswoman with state farm insurance, 10,000 claims have been filed for and the 29th. 2,000 were filed in wyoming. >>> our summer storms took a break today and could return this weekend. danielle is watching temperatures creep back up. we'll check in with her in a few minutes. >>> the u.s. women's soccer team makes history, not the way it wanted to. we'll have a live report from rio. >> also it's bad turbulence when it makes the news, turbulence on a cross-country flight blamed for dozens of >>> severe turbulence injured 22 passengers and two crew members on a cross-country flight last night. the jetblue plane was flying from boston to sacramento with 145 passengers and five crew members when it ran into turbulence. the plane had to be diverted to rapid city, south dakota, so the injured could get to a hospital. passengers said it was like an amusement park ride but innocent a good way. >> i fee

when he wasn't fixing up cars and his garage he really love northern colorado. then a second home deafening for us his daughter says he spent every weekend there with his buddies. think that was his heaven. mike phil whether life can change in a flash. feels like a nightmare right now chad was helping his best friend out of the yard after storm rolled through. standing there between trees and on the phone with me when he got his struck by lightning. i just remembered line cut out. chad died at the hospital. i'm glad i was i was able to hear his voice that day. the able to physically here's was an talk to him. the seem real because it doesn't seem someone like him should be gone. all they have our memories. and a life lesson from a man who knew how to live. having fun and good friends much more than a lot of people do. and there 45 years a hero to those who knew him getting a heroes goodbye. as his flag flies at half staff in his honor. a good reminder to stay indoors one is lightning attends to be more dangerous because of our elevation according to rocky mounta

the storms pushed into northern colorado dropping hail the size of tennis balls. insurance agents have counted more than 12,000 separate claims. >>> happening tonight, some showers of the meteor shower variety. last night was the peak of the perseids but the earth is still passing through the of cosmic dust left behind by the comet swifttuttle. it is about the size of sand, gravel, grape nuts and they travel 35 miles a second and burn up 50 miles above the surrace of the earth and they radiate from high in the northeast sky. so look toward the northeast if you can get away from city lights. midnight to 4:00 a.m. it should be good viewing tonight. the peak of it was last night. let me show you what is different variety in the form of showers and thunderstorms to the south of the denver area. a couple of severe warnings in el paso county. southern lincoln county. these don't look like they will be a big deal for us. as far as the metro, just a hint of a couple of showers in idaho springs and conifer. these are more sprinkles than anything else. look at that. witness

denver archdiocese along with the archbishop aquilla, jorge rodriguez is the auxiliary bishop for northern colorado. well as saint teresa in aurora, as well as a professor at denver saint john vianney cemetery. the denver archdiocese is nine counties and made up of about 350,000 catholics. >>> police are increasing their reward, hoping for any information on the whereabouts of this missing aurora teen. 16-year-old lacheya stein was last seen july 19 near monview and peera. if she looks familiar or you recognize her, police want to hear from you. this surveillance video is the last we've seen of her. call crimestoppers if you have any information, the phone number, 720-913-stop. you could be eligible for a reward. and that reward has been doubled. it is now $4,000. >> okay. >>> the company that is the target of outrage over the severe price hikes with epipens is now saying it is going to expand programs that will lower will be reduced to a savings card that will cover up to $300 for an epipen two-pack. that is of course after years of pushing the price up, up, up. to more than $600. here is nbc's to

threat for severe weather again, this is on friday, tomorrow, it will cover not only parts of northern colorado, but extending down south towards pueblo and lamar and covering the entire metro area friday afternoon and early evening. we'll talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. temperature-wise, low 70s friday, same thing on saturday. we might even see a few upper it's going to be nice, nice change. you're going to find for the broncos' game saturday night, temperatures by kickoff riter around 7:00 should be in the upper 60s. then the low 60s by the end of the game. there is a slight chance, about 10% chance for some storms late saturday afternoon and evening. we'll watch for that. mainly it will be the cooler air. you'll need a sweatshirt at the game. sunday looks great. 77 and some sunshine. >>> not going sweatshirt in my living room. >> well, you might. >> exactly. i'll have all the windows open. with our waze map, i was checking out some kind of debris on the southbound side of i-25, an object on the road before 58th yeah. no delays because of it. if you want to be part of our waz

. >> this was the gem up here in northern colorado. the builder built it to rival the theaters in denver at the time. >> small town charm with. a big city production. drew people in. >> there is such a connection with the people who grew up and come together theater and seeing shows and now bringing their grand kids. >> outside of the theater, having a short stint as a mini theater was where people were entertained and when it was falling apart in the late '80s, it didn't take long for locals to realize something needed to be done. >> it has an emotional connection to the community. >> preserving this piece of history was a priority. >> and they started tearing walls apart and there was an arling box office hidden for years. >> uncovering history while maintaining it. the projection booth at the top of the theater stands still in time. >> we have original films still over there in boxes. >> and restoring the theate has given it life again. and today, it is filled with music, and movies, and still plenty of history, to keep people comin

touch cooler for everybody, mainly across northern colorado. to the south it's still going to be pretty warm. pop up, a little bit of cloud cover by early afternoon. we'll see some isolated storms roll east over town through the afternoon and early evening. and that threat for severe weather is going to be for a few isolated storms. it's not going to be any widespread severe weather. you're going to find closer to the springs and along the palmer divide and east of denver the chance for a few of those storms. then on saturday, saturday afternoon, we've got another chance in the afternoon for the lower tomorrow. low 80s both today and tomorrow. pretty nice, mild temperature- wise. and on sunday, 85. mostly sunny. nice day. bright spot still on sunday. have not moved it. we're going to keep it there. low 90s monday and tuesday. we'll get a ber chance for -- better chance for storms next week. more kids heading back to school next week. yesterday, jayson, was day one. to to get my nails done and go to costco. >>> you always have to be paying atten

and most of northern colorado. then you get down to monument hill. and you get in the clouds and the thunderstorms all the way down to northern new mexico there. and we have a few problems down there with some of those storms getting kind of big out here from salida all the way to just outside of walsonburg. this big thunderstorm near silver cliff has the potential of 60 miles an hour winds and quarter sized hail out of it. warning until 6:45. silver cliff, west cliff. and then we have a flash flood warning here near coledale. could have some mud slides there. custer, fremont. then we take you further down, there is a flood advisory near the city of weston until 8:15 for the heavy storms that have blown through there. and that's not all. another flood advisory here near ra for some of the burn scarring out there from forest fires in the past. ahead of big storms going through there. it is not raining now, but the storms south of pagosa springs were heavy duty. high temperature today felt like the middle of september. 76 out at dia. same thing downtow

any chance or severe weather today, there's a small bit across northern colorado and also down to the east. >>> breaking overnight, eight police officers are killed and more than 70 wounded by a car bomb in officials say a truck blew up 50 yards away from a police station. no one has taken responsibility so far. >>> one person is dead after an explosion at a sports center in belgium. four others were injured. belgian police say this was probabll a gas explosion. they're calling it an accident with no link to terrorism. >>> north metro fire had to deal with a situation at 168th street last night. building under control. it's a total loss. >>> a dead body found about 4:00 yesterday afternoon in el paso ccunty. deputieshaven't said how that person died. the victim hasn't been identified and no arrests so far. >>> aurora police are finding new ways to fight crime with dna. thisscould lead to a breakthrough in the 32-year-old case. bruce bennett was just 27 years old when he was killed inside his home in 1984. his wife an children were also killed. police recovered a knife but never found

. >> all right, someone likely started the fire burning in thousands of acres in northern colorado in the wyoming border. we don't know how the fire was human-caused but they say now they believe it was. the beaver creek fire started two months ago. this is a look at the damage since june 19. fire crews are still working to protect buildings in that area. while remote areas are being allowed to burn. and you know, they don't expect this fire to be completely contained until october. so far, it has burned 37,000 acres, and more than 200 firefighters are still there, and working the fire lines. exploding in size. the cherry road fire burned more than 30,000 acres in just about a day in southeast oregon. officials say windy weather caused the fire to spread quickly. and it is in a large plume of smoke in the sky. and people can see it as far away as boise, idaho. the fire is only about 10% contained. >>> fire spread quickly across the northwest this summer but in the center of a lot of destruction in washington, one family is thanking a man for saving everything they had. the problem, th