once we became an american outpost, the steamboat was invented.the first steamboat headed down the mississippi river, everything changed. when the first steamboat arrived in peoria, it was called the liberty and docked south of downtown where liberty street is today. within a dozen years, more than 100 steamboats a year were pulling in at peoria. peoria multiplied by 10 every couple of years. everybody knows about ellis island and the statue of liberty and new york harbor. but what a lot of people don't know is just as many irish and many irish and germans sailed to new orleans and took a steamboat up the mississippi, of the illinois and the missouri and the ohio to settle the midwest. there was a time when new orleans was mostly irish and a lot of those irishmen came here. a lot of germans came and settled. . onlythe steamboats, not more people, but more goods, more industry. not only did the industry began to flourish, but it meant we had worldaccess to the market. the steamboat could carry those goods to new orleans and they could sail around t

down and steamboat and craig they will get light rain ut stays dry across southeastern colorado. tomorrow starts mostly sunny with a touch of moisture coming in over the northern sections of the state by mid-late afternoon. most of that will be fort collins to cheyenne of light rain and snow showers. definitely a cooler day and instead of the 80s and 90s, dodge city is only at 75. 54 for the high at winter park and grand lake and hollins park , broomfield 64, aurora about 63 and metro area numbers with they will be out at 10-15. westminster 64, 64 degrees lakewood and highlands ranch about 66 degrees. mostly clear, lighter wind, cooler with a low of 40. the high temperature is expected to get to 63 and looking ahead even cooler weather comes in tomorrow and rain and snow afternoon, 30 on thursday morning and then we get back into another stretch of very nice weather with highs returning from the low-mid-70s into next week, dry and quiet weather with a monday night football game next week. hard to call this bad weather but a good soggy monday night snowstorm like we head backkin >

once we became an american outpost, the steamboat was invented. as the first steamboat headed down the mississippi river, everything changed. when the first steamboat arrived in peoria, it was called the liberty, and it docked south of downtown where liberty street is today. within a dozen years, more than 100 steamboats a year were pulling in at peoria. and peoria multiplied by 10 every couple of years. everybody knows about ellis island and the statue of liberty and new york harbor. but what a lot of people don't know is just as many irish and germans sailed to new orleans and took a steamboat up the mississippi, up the illinois and the missouri and the ohio to settle the midwest. there was a time when new orleans was mostly irish, and a lot of those irishmen came here. a lot of those germans settled here in peoria. and with the advent of steamboats not only more people, , but more goods, more industry. not only did the industry began -- begin to flourish, but it meant we had ready access to the world market. because those steamboats could carry

from 35 at steamboat to 100 degrees at dodge city, kansas. the first time they of hit triple digits and i city and the month of october. the high today was 101. denver, 62. 65, at the airport. hour. the humidity has come up to 26%. we started a 36 which is a normal low but we are 10 above normal on the high. on the weekend we had made 80s but today that record is 86 degrees from 90 years ago. the fire weather warning and -- contiiues until 9:00 tonight. a high wind warning and wyoming. sadly this weather front going by has all of its moisture to the north of us. we will get rain and snow over the the northern mountains but that is about it. you can see all of the moisture to the north of us. the one good news and we have with it, lighter winds in that will use the fire danger. the second thing, cooler temperatures. despite the fact there will be much moisture, it will cool off. 28 at code -- steamboat. there will be moisture but nothing expected on the plains. temperatures will be lowers. 63, denver. 52, leadville. front range numbers, winter

we start off this evening with a jaw-dropping shot of the courtesy of our friend larry in steamboat. you can see they get lower snow. then i get just high enough on the tree line you start to see some of the snow very light stuff fell over steamboat last night and into early this morning. just enough to cut some of those clubs out there. a lot of skiers and snowboarders are salivating at that shot getting ready to get this ski season underway. winds have been an issue throughout the day today. into the overnight we continue to see this is we take you through interview with things will settle down. tomorrow morning 9:00 a.m. it still breezy especially in the mountains. we could have link is 35 maybe 40 miles an hour. settling to about 20 miles an hour around the city early tomorrow morning than the one the sunrise comes around we transition to late morning early afternoon thing should start to settle but by that. you're going to know despite the change in the thermometers as temperatures are still mild out there underneath quiet skies here this evening. fifty-seven in the city right n

it is still awfully chilly in steamboat springs at 37. the area. we'll stay dry throughout the day with the winds picking up ever so slightly from the southeast, around the 15 to 20- mile per hour range, gusting a bit more towards love land cash. around i-25, not too shabby. the rest of the evening is looking good with sunshine and temperatures cooling to the lower 50s. by dinner today, cool and clear, right where we should be with low 60s this afternoon. tomorrow, tgif, we will have plenty sunshine whether in the mountains or on the planes. it looks good. wait until you see my weekend forecast. the temperatures will be warming up dramatically, soaring into potentially the 80s yet again. >> again! okay. we'll wait for the full forecast. thank you. >>> the count down is on. 19 days until the election. the candidates are making good their energy last night. polls suggest that hillary clinton was the winner but donald trump is grabbing headlines. they're talking about him refusing to say he will accept the results if hillary clinton wins. >> i will lo

this is steamboat springs, mt. warner, past the peak, but it's still very vibrant. if this is your twokd get up there, do it! we've had a few sprinkles come in from jefferson county into denver. a lot of them have just fallen apart over the city. thunderstorms are holding together in southern jefferson colorado springs. you're gonna get a good shower going through, measurable rain, and is the lightning is winding down. a couple of strikes around canyon city. just outside of silverton. southern colorado and steamboat springs has a thunderstorm going on up there as well. nothing severe or anything but a little action going on. moisture flowing with a disturbance riding the top of this high over a big low pressure trough off the coast of colorado. that will be changing our weather. it's gonna wait until we're done with the weekend the way it's looking. this high is not moving out quickly. that would slow things up. tomorrow temperatures are gonna be fairly decent. today not too shabby. 70s across the northeast. 74 in denver. pueblo made it to 85. levi adams our weather

so travel on the i-25 corridor tonight and tomorrow will be fine, i-70, overnight lows 40 in steamboat, 35 leadville, almost 50 in denver with 40s on the far eastern plains. tomorrow highs will be coolest across the western half of the state, close to 90 in southeastern colorado. watching the wind coming ahead of this tuesday concern. 75 in arvada, 77 in brighton tomorrow, mid-50s in the foothills and a nice day ahead of a rather weak cool front. you will notice a temperature change midweek. let's go back to tonight's forecast, partly cloudy with light winds, a high evening. the winds will shift a bit overnight out of the southwest, bottom out around 49 degrees which is where we start tomorrow morning. mid-60s by lunchtime, isolated showers in the afternoon and sunshine numbers run above average. wednesday will be the coolest day of the week, 20% chance of showers tuesday night, 10% chance of showers wednesday and the numbers spike a70s thursday, 80 friday, comfortable through the weekend and above average readings continuing through the middle part of next week, so really a beautiful

57 in greeley, out on the eastern plains mid-fifties for ray and burlington at 55, 57 frisco 60 steamboat, 66 craig and 73 in 60's and here's our correct five-day forecast there we go, or maybe not i don't know what's happening with five-day forecast right now but temperatures will be in the 50s tomorrow and then looking to hit the 70s again, come our way on thursday. >> like a little halloween trick on you. >> i even fixed it so something's going on. >>> legalization of marijuana means parents need to have another tough conversation with their kids. alan gionet recently hosted a town hall with the state health department about how to have that talk, part of it is making sure that your kids understand the consequences. >> every youth wants to succeed in their own way. and being charged with possession get in the way of that. we know that marijuana is illegal federally. and so it can keep you from getting financial aid. you can keep from getting the perkins loan or the pell grant and keep you from work-study. that can impede your success in school because finances are a huge factor. >> joi

temperatures tomorrow mid-70s. 76 in denver. 82 in burlington. -- steamboat. 64 in grand junction. temperatures in the 70s tomorrow and a chance for rain on wednesday. and we do have temperatures that are fairly mild into next week. but a chance of rain coming our way. as well as tuesday. >> pretty normal. thanks lauren. >>> the widow of a denver firefighter has lost thousands of dollars due to a bureaucratic error. she asked brian moss to get >> it's supposed to work like this. when a first responder dies in the line of duty their spouse is supposed to get their pension tax-free. due to a mistake this widow is out an estimated $70,000. >> i think it was his life's calling. it was truly his love. >> charlie was a firefighter for nearly 30 years until an awful day in 2001. >> i remember every moment of that day like it was yesterday. to the home of another firefighter. he shot him and killed himself. >> thank you dad for everything you were and everything you taught me to be. >> it was ruled a line of duty death meaning his widow should receive his pension tax-free. theoretically th

we will also have 20s from steamboat to craig, and lead fall?leadville. tomorrow 72 degrees, beautiful weather to hike or bike. a little bit breezy at times during the day. we will have those highs in the low 70s all around the denver high country. down into southern colorado, afternoon highs in the upper 70s. will have 50s and 60s for the higher elevations. looking good on the seven day forecast. how much change here. the common denominator, lots of middle and end of the week. e as we get that moisture coming into southern colorado, we do have a chance for scattered showers as we go into tuesday. weekend long. we will have 77 on monday, overnight low staying in the 40s. the plants will be okay. wednesday and thursday, highs in the low to mid-70s. warmer on friday, sunny skies with a high 77 degrees. overnight lows in the upper 40s. nice quiet conditions here, beautiful fall weekend. did you cover your plants last night?>> sure did.>> i look forward to getting plants >>> it will he, or won't he played? that's been the $64,000 question. is trrvor siemian's

country the snow level high today but moisture coming in in the form of rain and snow in areas like steamboat. if you're getting antsy for the ski season, many of the resorts will be making snow fast and furious and opening before too much longer. the tropical situation interesting, hurricane seymour offshore from mexico but a winds 150 miles per hour. forecast to stay offshore, but we're watching this system because some of that tropical moisture may get caught up in the flow and move into colorado as we move into the upcoming weekend. now we're sandwiched in between one storm in minnesota, another one in the northwest with high pressure setting up over the area, a warm stable dry layer of air, storm track to the north. that means incoming storm systems like this one. all that moisture will miss colorado, mild air pushing back through omaha and chicago. there may be airport and travel delays due to the low pressure system in this part of the country. moisture is very limited. welcome rain in northern california, oregon and washington. we'll do 95 in phoenix tomorrow, 70 in los angeles, mid-7

> it's really nice 62 in denver. 59 in burlington and high country 36 already in leadville 55 in steamboat. junction. 64 for us this evening. not bad there either. on our satellite and radar and out to most of the eastern plains on the dry side right now. a few clouds out there. and some thunderstorms as you head to northwestern corner. rifle down to colburn as well. toward grand junction and rifle and towards jypson. a little bit of a zonal flow. north can and to the west. some snow to montana and idaho. we're looking at that to drop down our direction starting tomorrow. that cruises on through into colorado tomorrow afternoon and into the evening hours. brings a little bit of moisture with it and much cooler temperatures into wednesday. get ready for about a 15 to o 20 degree drop -- 15 to 20 dreel drop by wednesday. -- 20 degree drop by wednesday. san juans and the central mown days and -- mountains and high elevations. some cloud cover out there in the morning hours. some clouds with a chance of rain in the afternoon and evening. not a great chance here. most of it in the high country

. >>> we need more moisture like this scene from this morning in steamboat. they had about six or 7 inches of snow. at an deer or elk but i know this is a deer for sure indeed. and this is a beautiful shot, look at that from the steamboat area earlier today. meanwhile loveland ski area, beautiful shot, making snow. don't have an opening date set yet. at loveland we know it will be a cold one. clearing skies, beautiful sunset and a chiller by morning. right now in denver downtown and winds diminishing now east southeast at seven, community 65%. probably humid enough morning you might scrape frost of your car. normal 64 and 36, record high 86 and 100 years ago, 18 degrees. tonight a high-pressure system dropping in from the north. all the precip up to the east and so as this high moves across a combination that spells cold temperatures. 30 denver, 25 limon, 17 leadville, gunnison. along the front range clearing skies lows around 30 across most of the metro boulder and broomfield area a little warmer but most areas pretty frosty by morning. tomorrow, bright suns

in the mountains 65 in steamboat, tomorrow 63 in aspen, 76 over in grand junction. five-day forecast even warmer on friday, we get to the 80s so it really gets very almost summerlike around here. weekend dry and 70s. still in the 70s on tuesday, start to cool off more, chance for some rain and a little cooler for a while. but we could get warmer by friday. >> moisture challenged at this point. >> we're still watching for next week. we're just watching it. >>> trevor siemian once again listed as questionable this week but all signs so far have pointed towards him playing tomorrow. his status just one of many issues the broncos dealing with on a short week. as they try and bounce back from their first loss against a desperate chargers team, all the while doing with an interim head coach. certainly not a week to have any sort of lack of focus. >> the guys that in the locker i'm sure if we get a win he'll feel a lot better. he got to take care of what's going on with him. coach d going to do a great job. these past couple days we've been doing it like we usually been do

avid is passed into steamboat springs. couple of showers that could come out better chances as you go north of denver up i 25 hit johnstown and continue to winter and up to fort collins into weld county. i can't rule out one here in denver, but i think that's as far south as that rain chance will go. here is a wider view across the state, quiet tonight there is that ribbon of clouds that is no one rain north central mountains north and east. once again from i 70 south, not much going on. most tonight called 20s in the mountains from steamboat onto gunnison. pagosa springs will be in the 30s and '40s here with 50s eased to the southeast and then an noticeable change tomorrow refreshing 60s and lower 70s replacing the 70s, 80s, and '90s we had today. here is a closer view into metro 60s if you looking at the almanac that's exactly where we should be at this time of year. too low, to quit, that means the dry weather takes right back over. i like the refreshing temperatures wednesday and thursdays in the upper 50s and low 60s,

right now the rain, snow, granby, estes park, steamboat springs all rain. fort collins, greeley, out to dia and fort morgan, so those traveling i-76 looking at probably the heaviest rain tonight. fog settles in at 7:30 in the lunchtime after a chilly start. 42 in carbondale, 37 the low in greeley, 40 in pueblo, cool out west and along the front range, temperatures below average for about all of eastern colorado tomorrow and downright chilly in blackhawk and a black lake, highs in the mid-50s. reports of light rain around the metro, cloudy, chilly, low 38. tomorrow the cloud, fog and drizzle give way midday clearing, chilly day, temperatures below average by about 10 degrees. tomorrow night lows in the 30s, clear, cool ahead of a nice warming trend, close to 80 friday, saturday, sunday. next front may offer some showers on monday and looking toward the end of next week i'm watching a storm, maybe just maybe we'll see denver's first snow. it's a long shot, but there's a potential. you heard it here first. up in steamboat beautiful fair mare's tail and get rea

spots like steamboat could pick up moisture, but for the most part, we'll stay dry across the front range. tuesday into late wednesday, we have a better chance of seeing showers. snow for the mountains, even the possibility for a rain and snow mix in the metro area if freezing values. we weren't expecting much in precipitation -- 40 degrees is our over night lows. staying breezy ntil 9:00. by tomorrow, a lot cooler. temperatures in the low 60s. wednesday, chilly. 54 is our expected high. overnt lows as you can see, dropping into the near freezing mark come thursday. plenty of sunshine is in store for the end of the week and this weekend. 70s and sunny, but mid week, a lot cooler, jason. >> we have problems in the rollover crash on the northbound side of i-25 right there into the union bridge, so the left side of the highway is blocked up. and just the 2 right lanes are getting through. look at the traffic jam. it's rock solid up to arapahoe road and it's growing over to orchard. you can barely see it. over where air tracker 7 waa, there's another accident. you can see them slowing from th

steamboat this afternoon, 50. centennial, 74. right around mount claire, 78. littleton, a high of 77. it is warm and that means mild tonight. the biggest issue 25 miles-per-hour. but close to 70 degrees by 5:00 tonight as you're trick-or-treating.% 64 by 7:00 and then 55 by 9:00 tonight. mild even after our sunset. tomorrow, with a wwak front rolling through, you're going to notice temperatures dropping a bit. the coolest day on our 7-day is wednesday and even then we're a few degrees above normal. we're closer to 60 this time of year. mix of sun and clouds, but no good chance of real rain on our and saturday. and then again, more sunshine heading into the weekend. don't forget, this coming weekend, we fall back on sunday. >> we do fall back.% i like -?that. we have a good drive overall. however, there's problems. we'll start with this one near the airport. this is the northbound side of tower road at the ramp to take you in towards the airport at dia and the northbound side is closed for some time as they have the flares out. 1 person is taken you how to get

a little bit of color as far as the steamboat goes. but a lot of the color is white. a couple inches of snow up there. and take a look at this, russell carl says yes-no guns going up in keystone. they are going to open on november 4th. and steve adams with a great sunset and you can see the kind of smoky haze from the fires and orange glow that you get. from conifer. temperatures for tonight mostly in the 20s and 30s over the eastern plains. teens and 20s higher up, out west temperatur another cool day with 50s and 60s. 50s for the mountains, out west temperatures in the 50s and 60s. that's going to change. here's the forecast for tonight. freeze warning, 34 and 30 the overnight lows. tomorrow we'll see mostly sunny, another cool day low 60s. and then we it around, 72 friday, 78 saturday, 77 sunday. bronco monday 73. kickoff in the 60s. next week and we might throw in an isolated shower now. >> how about the pajamas with the feet in them? >> you have those? >> i felt cold. >>> just one day away from the start of the new ski season. a-basin opening friday. lifts start

dear craig, 59. 55 in steamboat. 64 in greeley. cold front is in the southern part of weld county up to our north you can see some of those cooler temperatures that are going to sink down our direction with this fund. 33 in castle, 27 in cody, 32 in billing. pretty cool to our north but fairly melo in denver, hunter is reporting 67 degrees for us from northglenn. right now denver, 65 at dia. temperatures are dropping. winds out of the north- northeast at seven miles an hour. earlier today felt very springlike outside with temperatures at 79 in denver, 77 in the downtown or normal -- the normal is 57. still well above where we should be in, but this is going to knock as well below where we should be. a lot of moisture in the state right now, quite a bit going denver area not much for us, a few sprinkles around town but not much that's actually been hitting the ground or really doing anything significant. once you have happened to the foothills, parts of weld and larimer county, you can see more rainfall that we we've had some thunde

a little bit of color as far as the steamboat goes. but a lot of the color is and take a look at this, russell carl says yes-no guns going up in keystone. they are going to open on november 4th. and steve adams with a great sunset and you can see the kind of smoky haze from the fires and orange glow that you get. from conifer. temperatures for tonight mostly in the 20s and 30s over the eastern plains. teens and 20s higher up, out west temperatures in the 20s and 30s. another cool day with 50s and 60s. 50s for the mountains, out west 60s. that's going to change. here's the forecast for tonight. freeze warning, 34 and 30 the overnight lows. tomorrow we'll see mostly sunny, another cool day low 60s. and then we it around, 72 friday, 78 saturday, 77 sunday. bronco monday 73. kickoff in the 60s. an isolated shower now. >> how about the pajamas with the feet in them? >> you have those? >> i felt cold. >>> just one day away from the start of the new ski season. a-basin opening friday. lifts start running at 9:00 a.m. check out a-basin's avala

in the mountains 65 in steamboat, tomorrow 63 in aspen, 76 over in grand junction. five-day forecast even warmer on friday, we get to the 80s so it really gets very almost summerlike around here. weekend dry and 70s. still in the 70s on monday. on tuesday, start to cool off more, chance for some rain a little cooler for a while. but we could get warmer by friday. >> moisture challenged at this point. >> we're still watching for next week. we're just watching it. >>> trevor siemian once again listed as questionable this week but all signs so far have pointed towards him playing tomorrow. his status just one of many issues the broncos dealing with on a short week. as they try and bounce back from their first loss against a desperate chargers team, all the while doing with an interim head coach. certainly not a week to have any sort of lack of focus. >> the guys that in the locker then of course trying to do it for coach kubiak. i'm sure if we get a win he'll feel a lot better. he got to take care of what's going on with him. coach d going to do a great job. these past

it was snowing on rabbit ears pass near steamboat. some of ttat cold is coming here. our chief meteorologist mike nelson is here with a big cool down. >> oh we need it after the fire danger today. the smoke in the skies at the junkins fire. i want to show you what it looks like in time lapse from the camera out to boone to the east of pueblo. you really see the plume of smoke coming through there. but at the s very different picture up at shaanon lukin sharing this shot. a pretty picture from larry pierce of some of the snow off into the distance. most of that moisture in the high country diminishing now. here issa look at radar over the last couple of hours. there's still a lingering few light snow showers in the mountains, but it won't amount to much. across the state, boy that's it. there is nothing over southern colorado except that it was high and dry today. 89 the high temperature at lamar. it was 95 down at springfield. dodge city, kansas hit 101. not only a record for today, but the first time they've ever hit triple digit temperatures for any day in the month

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we may see light rain, but nothing significant. 44 degrees tonight, we in the mountains from steamboat -?to eagle, even into aspen and 30s alignment down into springdale. our lows tomorrow morning will be in the 40s here around the denver metro and further to the northeast they will be in the 30s. tomorrow afternoon's high will be great, 75 degrees with mostly sunny skies. temperatures in the middle to upper 70s for our area, 60s in the foothills, nglewood will now, for the western slope you will have temperatures in the 70s and all across the eastern plains you will see those 70s stick around through tomorrow. in your seven day forecast we stay in the 70s for quite some time. we will have bright spot at least in the early tuesday and then scattered showers moving through. 68 on saturday and 70 on sunday, and those overnight lows mostly in the 40s. it definitely looks like th mostly affect western colorado versus our scenario for the front range, nice weather to get out and about, walked the is it summer yet? sun. %- hey, if i cannot ski this year no one should be able to. >>> local un

our friends in steamboat springs 38 degrees, very different for us here on the front range and eastern plains. out east temperatures are in the mid-80s and across the urban corridor our temperatures are in the low to upper 70s still with only a few clouds up over our head. the reason for the strongers winds is that we have a cold front approaching. you can see kind of a little bit of rain and seen is just kind of the front side of the front that's pushing to the southeast. the winds have elevated fire danger in some parts across colorado. southeastern colorado a red flag warning in effect until 7 p.m. and for our neighbors to the north wind warnings and also wind advisories and high fire danger currently possibility of seeing gusts up to 80 mile-per- hour for our friends in wyoming and the panhandle of nebraska, gusts possibly up to 45 miles per hour. you can see those wind moving but the sky does look beautiful, doesn't it? if you're getting the kids ready, maybe giving them something to eat before they hunt for the candy, around 5:00 temperatures at 72 degrees, breezy, 7:00 mild, 64

the river here was frequently used by paddleboat and steamboat for leisure trips around the area. at the base of main street, just one block north of us, we now have a wonderful park and in the early 1900s, it was a shallow bank into the river. and that is where these boats parked or docked. i don't know if you would say docked because they just ran up onto the sand. and then a planks came out from land.w onto the and that is how passengers came in and out. at any given time, there was a dozen of these boats at least, docked there at the base of main street. and this is a representation of the columbia, which was one of the boats. withly 5, the columbia met disaster. it had been taking a group of people from a social club from pekin up to the heights, the alfresco park. fog,s they returned in the he hit a tree stump, underwater. and the vessel sank. were almost 500 people on board the columbia that night and 87 lost their lives. and it was the worst boat disaster on the illinois river. this is a replica of columbia made by rod, above it, you see part of the whole that was recovere

steamboat has a thunderstorm just rumbling the skies out there. made it to 74 at the airport. same thing downtown, normal high about 72. this morning 56 and 53. now, down to 68, northeast wind, 6 miles per hour. we did get some measurable moisture from our weather watchers. tonight looking at mainly 50s and 40s in a lot of locations. highs tomorrow 70s and 80s. for tonight, still a slight chance of a l coming through. otherwise mostly cloudy early. morning clouds, sunshine early in the day, and is a slight chance of a thunderstorm late. 78 for the high, still above normal for this time of year. upper 70s continue through monday, mostly sunny sky, finishing out the weekend nicely, and a big change on tuesday and wednesday, 60s and 50s by then with isolated showers. and quite a few clouds rolling in as well. our first >>> thousands more suvs being recalled because of problems with takata airbags. >>> stocks bounced back from big losses yesterday. >>> bmw is recalling thousands of suvs because of a problem with the takata airgag inflators. it is different than the other issue. th

it should stay dry through tuesday up more slow showers like steamboat come early wednesday morning before our next cold front comes in and that will bring a lot more moisture to the plains. highs tomorrow, we'll stay in the 50s and 60s for the majority of the mountains, but low to mid-60s for the plains. cool compared to what we'll feel today. here's our 7-day forecast. weell see temperatures slowly drop both wednesday and thursday. better channe for seeing more moisture come thursday afternoon. only in the mid-50s. take a look at really feel the effects. feees more like fall. upper 0s by the time we hit -- upper 30s by thh time we hit mid-week and warming up by next weekend. >> the 30s is going to be a shock to the system. get those coats ready. thanks. >>> imagine a gas station chargy $10,000. yes. $10,000 for a tank of gas . a woman in florida says it happened to her husband after suzanne dweller's husband stopped at a velero station in florida. he filled up $20 buck. when they tried to -- >> they found a charge on their account for $9,949 >> bank said we'll get with velero. >> they we

steamboat, estes park, isolated showers coming up with a low in the 30s to low 40s. and tomorrow afternoon, temperatures warm nest southeastern colorado, taking much of the day for that front to push into the southern part temperatures in the mountains in the 40s. and foothill temperatures a little cool as well. 51 in idaho springs, and 43 the best you'll do in grand lake tomorrow. partly cloudy cool conditions with lows in the mid to upper 30s. isolated showers overnight there, long gone by tomorrow morning. clouds, clear out by lunchtime. game coming up on monday. the kickoff temperature should be in the 70s. beautiful colors to be found in the high country. around the 9news backyard and denver, the leaves and trees are finally starting to change outside the studios as well. it's pretty out here. so long flierngsing around. [ laughter ] >>> kubiak knows something needs to change with the broncos before the big game. >>> stocks higher in w street after surprises in >>> no shortage of story line for the broncos this week. gary kubiak returns to the sel brock osweiler

that's not the right picture from steamboat, but we did get a picture from larry pierce colors. that was one of mike's school visits last week. colorado webcam network showing denver with lots of sunshine. it will be sunny and mild today and nice and quiet. warmer just a little bit into next week. we do have some changes coming our way including some scattered showers. temperatures are in the 40s and ?0s. we will have sunshine all day 50s down into aurora and in denver we have temperature of -?52 degrees and humidity at 53 the wind at 9 miles an hour and that will be a light breeze. perfect day for football. 70 degrees for the fourth quarter. high-pressure is responsible for this it has been sticking around for a few days and it blocks out any kind of mo we have a little bit coming up through southern colorado. this high is keeping it down to the south. a little rain and snow deer that's my dear telluride. the system spins off to the east. will push off to the east. as you see for the 24 hour planner we will be in the 70s and in the 50s and overnight the 40ss highs today in the

the same for winter park, al dora and then you see steamboat and aspen old -- opening closer to think giving. we have time to get some moisture up there. so far it has been very quiet, near record afternoon high temperatures today for the front range in the planes. a little bit of what weather danger through southern colorado through trinidad, we have a red flag warning in effect for high fire danger. partly cloudy for us tonight. it will be nice and mild, 70s into tomorrow, once again, it will be perfect trick-or- treating weather. we have to have the park is out over all of our costumes, some years, it kind of ruins the holidays. we will have beautiful weather and everyone can flourish with winds 12 miles per hour. our temperatures in the 60s and 70s here for the front range. this is well above where we should be this time of year. we should only be around 60, upper 50s for afternoon highs. but instead, those are going to be more like our overnight lows. 40s and 50s for the front range, 53 degrees this evening. a front range temperatures overnight 46 denver, 49 boulder, and 50 fort

elk head mountains, steamboat springs. of accumulation. that's about it. by 10:00 tomorrow night we are looking at mostly clear skies and those winds finally dialing back. tomorrow 77, so cooler than today but still about 10 degrees above our average. a dry day here in the metro area with an extremely windy afternoon. we stay in the 70s around i- 25, jace and 90s in southeastern colorado. the heat is il meanwhile some cooler air starting to work in for hayden and grand lake. with those warm down sloping winds, it should allow our temperatures to just skyrocket. we will keep it cool on tuesday, more seasonal, low six. tuesday night into wednesday another system pushes through. this one will possibly bring us a few light showers here in the metro area. better bet if you look up in the mountains and also in the foothills. but after that, you know the play. we're back to the 60s and 70s in no time. looking ahead towards next weekend, christine, mid-70s once again, above average, nothing but sunshine. mother nature good on the timing. >> we've been fortunate ha

a few inches fell in steamboat yesterday. still no news as to when that first chair will run and leaving a bomb outside the nederland police department is waiting to be extradited back to colorado. over the weekend - police arrested 64 he's from california, and his small stature helped them identify him. ansberry is 3 feet six inches tall. today he is facing a federal explosives charge. last tuesday - a police officer in nederland found the bomb that was designed to detonate remotely by cell phone in a backpack. investigators used surveillance video - from the store where the cell phone was purchased -- to identify ansberry. investigators about a motive, but believe this was an isolated incident. one colorado high school is taking a strong stance against what they're calling hate speech on social media. boulder prep high school expelled five students for derogatory and threatening comments in a neo- nazi facebook group. the students called the group "the fourth reich official." one high schooler pledged allegiance to the nazi

this shot coming in out of steamboat. when is your favorite resort gonna open? just a few weeks away! early november is when we start to see the resorts open. almost high country, wind winding down. fair showers overnight, and a chilly night in the high country with lows in the 30s. lower elevations, on our way to a sunny day tomorrow, and another warming trend. light winds, tomorrow lots of sunshine. the average is 62. 75 tomorrow. pushing 80 degrees for thursday, friday, saturday, beautiful weather conditions! but everybody is talking about should be mild and dry, temperatures in the mid-50s. if you think this weather is for the birds, it's perfect for picking and carving that special pumpkin in your life. >>> we return to our conversation with un-afilliated presidential condition evan mcmullen who has a real shot to win the state of utah. she campaigning in colorado and admits she not going to win. he wants to pick off another states electoral college majority. but that doesn't look likely either. now he's out to make a statement. >> if we're able to win a st

that puts us here in the denver area it was a warm day after only 49 degrees on wednesday. 66 steamboat. 75 degrees in grand junction. our weather watcher in alamossa reporting 77 degrees. it's a beautiful day across the state with lots of sunshine. right now 74 in denver, 76 out at dia. winds are calm but the humidity is low at 13%. officially at dia. 79 degrees downtown. it is october. we're talking mid-october. these are warm temperatures as our average is 66 degrees. satellite and radar is quiet across the state. there's a few more clouds across our western corner right now. we are on the dry side. taking a look at what's happening along the west, high pressure is dominating along the west. this is another system in the pacific northwest. that high pressure will keep that head to the weekend. a few more clouds rolling into the north western corner. tomorrow morning waking township sunshine and tomorrow is another beautiful warmer day. today was hot too. 48 in denver tonight. 51 in boulder. 45 in burlington. 43 in frisco. 48 in grand junction. toward we're heading for the tomorrow. 6

about 72 degrees in steamboat and low 80s in grand junction. right now at loads of sunshine with the winds out of the east northeast now. here in the 9 backyard, it's a comfortable saturday afternoon. watching the temperatures sitting at 84. it has dry across two-thirds of the country. now real wet weather to speak of except for this one. this monstore of a storm just about to approach portions of showers. but the winds will be the worst. high wind warnings on the coastline until 2:00 in the morning. that's when we're anticipating 50 mile-per-hour gusts in seattle and south toward portland. flash flood watches will be in place for parts of idaho as well. remnants of what was a typhoon now captured in the jet stream and pushes as that front marchs through, look at that. another one back behind it. no relief in sight as rain, winds will be part of the forecast for the next week. no rain around here, only gusty winds. tonight we're going to be watching the winds picking up 10 to 20 miles per hour. keeping our temperatures pretty comfortable overni

there is a steamboat out there or some sort of paddle boat called the georgia queen.obviously a very majestic boat, and you know i tweeted out earlier a shot of it saying i hope the majesty of it all remains after the storm. what's interesting is you may be -- maybe about 45 minutes ago a few gentlemen came out with neon vests. it appears they work for the boat. they were keeping an eye on it. it is clearly docked right now. they were going out to check the ropes on that boat. as the tied comes in, that boat is going to rise higher and higher and the ropes that are attaching to its dock position are going to grow tighter and tighter and they're clearly worried that that boat could either break free or even topple over the banks of the savannah river and that obviously as a tourist attraction here in town, would be devastating just to seeing some like that happen, would be absolutely horrendous. but at this hour, i can tell you the winds have definitely, definitely picked up in their force. we are being blocked a little bit by another building, which is out of your van

look at this in steamboat prings. -- springs. seven inches of snow fell last night. let's check in with chief meteorologist mike nnlson. >> it's nice to see some of that snow. some manmade some from mother nature. this is the view at loveland. despite the blue skies this snowmaking. looking toward monbow. a beaatiful scene. in denver skies clear. a cold night tonight. i'll show you what's going on. 56 downtown and at the airport. winds still gusty from the north but they'll calm down tonight. temperatures across the state. 38 at leadville. clear skies and lighter winds. a freeze warning across the eastern plains until early tomorrow. a little storm to the north of us. but generally quiet weather coming in. a big high pressure system coming our way. dry air tonnght and that equates to a chilly night. 17 the predicted low. 30 in denver. 25 by morning. front range numbers around 30 degrees. again, that's not cold enough sprinkler system if you haven't blown it out yet. put a blanket on the pipes and shut off the water to the system. it should be fine. as far as conditio

mother nature helping out some resorts like steamboat, 6 inches of snow last night on a system tracking south and east away from us now with a severe weather threat increasing outside wichita, st. louis and chicago where travel delays are likely overnight tonight and tomorrow. we sunny day tomorrow. the next chance for rain and snow early next week. when the sun comes up at 7:15, you'll need a light jacket. mid-60s in the afternoon. we move into the 70s friday, stay there for the weekend, come close to 80 both saturday and sunday and monday night when our broncos take the feel, we do not want weather to be an excuse, not this week. >>> if you any your kids or spouse gets angry, be happy they aren't bears. they'd be breaking into cars in the high country looking for food about now. our matt renoux 9news mountain newsroom reporter has a story of one particular bear. >> reporter: it's that time of year when the snow falls, then melts and the sheriff is dealing with a lot of lot of bears in our area. deputies usually see bears on a fairly nightly basis. >> reporter: the bear collop just got

and those lows in the 50s for the western slope and 30s for durango. 41 for evening and 41 for steamboat. and 50s for southeastern colorado. denver's forecast, 80 with partly cloudy skies. and that stretches from ft. aurora for bloomfield. >> and temperatures are 90, here and then the 60s an 70s through the mountains. beautiful weather for a hike temperatures are in the 80 you through the weekend and beginning the next week, things change, 77 on monnay and 62 and scattered showers and in the week. but the models have discrepancyy on whether we'll see rain and snow as it comes on through. you'll notice that overnighh low, getting freezing at 32 being freezing, one cold front comes through with moisture and our temperatures get cold and snow, here it comes. >> weave had a long stretch of near-perfect weather and then i think it's coming then it's still p perfect. >>> we should start preparing now for winter as drivers. tips for keeping your car safe. all season tires are a good idea and check your baateries. and no freeze washer fluid proves to be worthwhile. maae sure your brakes are brak

the state also feeling very 70 in aspen, steamboat at 68, and a lot cooler down to the south. 74 in lamar. yesterday we were in the mid to upper 80s. here's our futurecast throughout the course of the afternoon. expect very dry conditions. increasing cloud coverage, mainly from the mountains and west. starting our monday morning we are going to be seeing dry conditions, plenty of sunshine, then increasing cloud coverage, and a much better chance for pick up moisture late monday into tuesday. so this is stopped early tuesday morning. chance for rain, snow for the high country, and a 10, 20% chance foresee ago few passing showers come tuesday in denver, but going to the broncos game tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., 67 is our temperature expected at that time, and then cooling off by fourth quarter.. so fur like me and get pretty chilly easily, you may want that sweat shirt, jacket for the end of the game. but temperatures tomorrow 77 is our expected high. great day to be outside, and spoiled with lovely fall-like weather well above average temperatures. normally we should be in the low 60s. take a look

skies have cleared out from steamboat out east where there's showers. we are looking at temperatures close to freezing earry this morning. we're doubling the temperatures this afternoon. our highs around du westminster 61 and 60 in broomfield. it's going o be a warmer afternoon today. jason, here's your first alert. tomorrow tacking on another ten degrees to this and i'll show you how long it lastsscoming up in a few. >>> feels like this road prompt has been going on forever. they're doing a lot of work. what they're doing here is paving the center part. eventually they're putting the new bridge in place. tonight. we're going to see lane closures starting as early as 6:00 tonight. the westbound side staying open but the eastbound side closed down. more weekend closures coming up sunday and monday as they put girders up on the arapahoe bridge and the southbound side will be driving there. a lot of green out there. the drive up north and dia looking nice. >>> overnight the iraqi minister said the battle for mosul to retake the city from isis is going more

steamboat springs you'll see a shower or two. over rabbit ears pass a little snow possible. no major accumulation. around red feather lakes a couple of rain drops or snow flakes possible. midnight tonight we are dry those with partly cloudy skies. tomorrow 65 behind today's front. wednesday the coolest day of the week. highs 60. that's above normal. i'm afraid no chances of rain here for the first week of the new month. >>> good morning. look at this drive southbound coming down into town. this is i-25 and thorton parkway. it is nice and wide opened. that's what we are seeing across the denver metro area we along yosemite near 16th. watch out for that. we have a closure of the eastbound direction of i-76. that should be moved out of the way shortly. you can see the long line of purple. you can take highway two around that. c-470 near ken caryl southbound along the hog back you'll see slowing and on going paving work. great drive along 285 and i-70. beware if you are driving something high and light. the halloween decorations today. thank you very much. >>> tonight many more

up around steamboat springs maybe a few the pass but here in the denver metro area we are dry. we have cloud cover, but i don't see much rain around here until this afternoon. all of this is because of the cold front making its way toward as this evening. it should pass over denver between 8:00 and 10:00 this evening. as it comes through we will see rain and snow this evening. no major accumulation. the best opportunity for rain is late afternoon into the evening. then a 15 to 20 degree cool down into tomorrow. temperatures right now are near 60 around denver with 40s in the mountains. later on today high temperatures in the 70s in the mountains in the 50s. that is why we are not concerned about any accumulation. on the plants chick you could be close to 90 degrees today. today in denver 77 and 55 tomorrow. maybe some clouds but then we clear out and after that beautiful weather returning thursday, friday, saturday, and even sunday with temperatures in the 70s each day. direction with some traction restrictions in place at bill pass. you can see most of the snow accumulation ca

in mid no vail november 18th and steamboat springs november 24th. of course, snow might be far from your mind on the front range especially with how dry our forecast has been. this morning it is on the chilly side. temperatures in the 30s and ohio. 40s. we have a few scattered clouds this morning. just you wait, as soon as the sun peeks out we'll warm up. noon 70 degrees. cheryl? >> it looks like a good friday to me. every friday is good. >>> in 9 neighborhoods this week we are going to aurora hoffman heights. it is ten miles from downtown denver. peoria street on the east colfax avenue, i-225 on the west. 6th avenue on the south. you can get a house for $ 250,000. renters are paying average of $1800. theres will been a lot neighborhood. the growing medical campus nearby one of the reasons. hyatt hotel and conference center gives a place to stay for doctors and researchers who come and go from the medical campus. >>> after world war ii aurora was popular because it was close to army medical hospital. hoffman heights neighborhood became an attractive

we'll watch that from steamboat springs to craig and meeker, you may have clouds this afternoon. the rest of us will be sunny. cold front making its way through the eastern portion of the country, on its east coast. we'll say rain place -- see rain in places like new york and washington tomorrow, and rain now from houston, texas to ohio. for us, high pressure dominating our weather. that will be the case through at least monday. then we'll be paying attention to this storm system coming out of the gulf of alaska. energy from that system will move into colorado the middle of next week. now looks like the western slope and probably the mountains will see some moisture. still some questions on whether east in denver from that system. but at least there's hope maybe that would help our drought situation. good. >> i remember a couple of months my wife and i were looking at the schedule, which games we're going to go to, september. because by now it will be too cold. i guess we could have gone. >>> thanks. hope you're going to get into the halloween spirit with tonight as the boys and

notice the different tiers steamboat springs 32. you go down to springfield, 93. a 61-degree temperature span. outside right now we've been watching this almost foaming. it's kind of shape. here a little bit. fifty and 49. more important the wind has backed off as of the north right now at 10 miles per hour. down into the 40s in castle rock and parker still hanging in the 50s in fort collins and boulder sitting at 55 degrees across the rest of the state. right in the 50s and '60s obviously where the wa still in mainly the 40s and 50s over the mountains. for the rest of tonight, we call it mostly clear. early tomorrow morning here comes another band of thoughts from that storm system to the north. north of i 70 and chance for snow showers over the higher terrain and maybe would like to range over 70 get into denver. much cooler 60s and '70s and 90s today. over the city tonight, clouds moving in. they will break up. we wake up with a great deal of sunshine in the low 40s on her way to 60 degrees around the lunchtime and then a little more cloud cover and a high and