this is how we started off our friday on the front range, with this picture from shannan luken. we're talking about the broncos, being all excited, a little more than a week and the super bowl will be here. thank you, shannon, for that orange sunrise. meanwhile in the city right now, kind of gray-looking. we had those flags that were moving a little bit more and the cloud that has just developed over the front range. usually when we have stronger winds and that cloud that develops, then that is also a sign that changes are upon us. the wind gusts for today closer to the foothills, gusting up to cottonwood pass. not the foothills. berthoud pass, 47. it's the same downsloping westerly winds that help get us about 10 degrees above our normal high. 54 was the high in the metro. day. same goes toward the eastern right now, 51 degrees at dia. here in the backyard, it's nice. folks, it's nice! i would not be out here without a jacket or coat if it wasn't nice. we're at 53 degrees. checking the weather across the state, starting off with northern colorado, we're in the 40s. east, low to