this means above timberline 85 miles per hour wind. that creates high fire danger for all of eastern colorado tomorrow. we have low humidity, gusty wind, and high humidity. tomorrow, we have denver underneath the red flag warning. our front range temperatures tonight in the upper 40s and low 50s. we have big changes on the seven-day forecast that includes chances for rain and snow. >>> it has been a month since september started in forcing a drunk man in city parks. how well is that working? how many people have been banned? we hit the cherry creek trail to find out if the city has made progss product -- problem. >>reporter: 41 days since the city banjo on some city parks we took another right along the cherry tree trail to see how many used needles we do fine. the first time around we found five used needles. in little over a month later we spotted this three, but also noticed a lot more people out on the trail. >> it is definitely much three times per week and says he has seen a big difference. >> there are less people hanging around

portions above timberline and thelains, 25 to 30 miles from the west. today we'll be around 77 in the plenty of and then clear skies overnight. highs today, elsewhere, evergreen at 70 degrees. highlands ranch, 79. mid-to upper 70s across the eastern plains. 60s for the mountains. 50 degrees in leadville and warm down to the northeast. lamar expecting a high of 92 degreee. and colorado at 80. a big change will come. a cold front expected to move into the state heading into tomorrow. seeing a few denver and we'll clear things up and increased cloud cover comes tuesday. this is tuesday at 8:00. a better chance for showers and -- overnight tonight, a little ccillier. by wednesday, we're in the mid-50s. chilly overnight. in the mid-to things warmup by the weekend. d sunshine is back. >> wind conditions continue in the high country. no problems yet. we did see gust near 50 miles-an-hour near jansey near the eisenhower tunnel. if you look at the map, i'm not seeing slowdowns near 270 and c-470. the winds will kick up. i haven't seen restrictions. hd 96 to boul

in the timberline, winds at 20 miles-per-hour. light jacket. nice, cool -- maybe a wind breaker this afternoon, but warm 75 degrees. mostly sunny today, but highs across the state, cooler to the west. only 71 degrees in grand junction. we'll see 60s in thh mountains. a chance for snow and across the plains, 70s with 90s down to the southeast. it's going to cool down. the 80s are not us with as we -- >>> northbound i-25, theee's multiple lanes closed. this is a rollover crash. you can see the denver police and denver fire truck and there's two there, and the vehicle is beyond there. it's upside down. wheels up, and there's people tt area. so they're working to get the pt right now. we have a huge traffic jam withy one or two lanes trying to squeeze back. going back to arapahoe road and it's rock solid. try to avoid this. you can jump from hamden if you can get that far or from 225. that will save you time, but right now north in the denver tech center is rock solid from arapahoe going passed bellevue. take a look at the map. you can see the othe

everywhere you see in that purple shade this is going to be for areas above timberline where we could be talking about 70 to 90 miles per hour wind speeds. around the metro area, 50. tonight 51. a couple of clouds. great to take in th moon. it looks spectacular. 40s and 50s tonight. even up in the mountains, a very mild night. by tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m., you can't see it but those winds are starting to whip around. that front is just beginning to nudge its way into northwestern colorado. i think perhaps a couple of light rain showers, maybe a little bit of snow across the park. 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 win

snowball fights have begun at the timberline ski resort on mount hood. a fresh blanket of snow on the ground and the recent remnants of a typhoon passing over the other spots. good for them the season is underway a little earlier. now, max defender 8, it is quiet. fairly clear in the bay area. of course, if there are any showers we would shot them. in the next couple of days they will be hard to spot because the air remains relatively dry. at lakewood ranch, not bad. 80 degrees. you can see a southeasterly wind. clearer skies now with the drier air highb . 85 international. 83 at saint petersburg. and the dew point a little higher with the easterly flow. high levels of the atmosphere. that doesn't add up to much in the way of substantial cloudiness to help dry to showers across the state from east to west. in the tropics we are watching an area with an 80% chance of developing into a named storm. next name on the list is otto. this likely would stay offshore though as you can see here on the graphic. this likely would be the area carry this pretty far to

that may provide some of the mountains later tonight with some rain and maybe some snow up above timberline. but there may be cold enough for that to happen. it's breezy tonight, high pressure over texas here spinning southwesterly winds over colorado. there's a big low-pressure trough out west and we are caught in th seeing that pressure between the high and low develop around here, and then tomorrow what we will add into the mix will be a big strong jet stream that goes right under that low-pressure trough and that will kick up the wind around here. you can see by the snap a lot of the moisture will go with this low up into wyoming and montana so initially when this front comes through we aren't going to have a lot of moisture on tuesday or wednesday, but thursday we might get another shot of moisture that follows it up and we might actually get some bona fide rain right here in denver. but no rain here. high fire denver. is going to remain dry and hot. it was hot today. 81 at the airport and same thing downtown. 10 degrees above normal which is 71. 51 was the morning low. out there tonig

red flag warnings encompasses the denver wind conditions up to 60 to 80 miles-per-hour above the timberline in the high country and down in the plains, 35 to 45-mile-per-hour wind gust. primarily from the west. here are sustained winds already. 20 miles-per-hour out in aspen. 22 in eagle. calm start to the day in denver at 7 miles-per-hour. temperatures, 42 downtown; so cooler at the airport where e from the now. heading into school, the kids will probably want light jacket and a sweat shirt or a wind breaker because we'll see sunshine this afternoon. but the breeze will pick up gusting up at 25 to 30 miles-an-hour around the metro and -- temperatures though, still above average. about 10 to 15 degrees. 77 in denver. 77 in aurora. broomfield you'rt 76 degrees today. and then 50s and 60s for the most part in the mountains. throughout the day, we'll see plentyf but also the winds pick up, slight chance we're seeing a few mountain showers in the northern front range mountains. staying clear through the day on tuesday. and then increasing cloud cover and increasing showers as a cold front moves

warning tonight through tomorrow evening all along the foothills up into the higher elevatio above timberline we expect winds of 85 miles per hour. that increases our chance for high fire danger across eastern humidity levels. as for our front range, temperatures tonight mostly 40s to around 50 degrees. a mild evening for us. tomorrow morning the winds will be gusty, temperatures in the 70s, tomorrow afternoon it will slightly cool down. futurecast, scattered rains into nnrthwestern colorado it will be dry in the front range. of toward fort collins night, and the snow showers in the high country, will see moisture tuesday night into wednesday and we have our chance for the front range of showers. mostly clear and mild tonight. temperatures in the 40s and 50s in the plains. 40s for the higher elevations in tomorrow 77 degrees compared to upper 80s today. sunny and windy and those gusts will be 20 to 30 miles per hour. most of 70s in the metro area. winter park. 90s down around plumbum. we have another shot of cold air coming in for wednesday and tuesday night we will have mountain snow for the

high wind watching in placeabove timberline. we should be looking at wind tomorrow about 85. we'll go with mostly sunny skies. should be a dry one. across the eastern plains, 60s and low 70s in the mountains and foothills. soak it in. this last taste of summer before temperatures truly start to fall and it will start to feel a little bit more like fall as we head toward the middle part of the workweek. about to be seasonable on tuesday and then finally watching those 50s and possibly a few showers coming in. wednesday night in maybe a couple of flakes. >> we need it. during the weekend, it's been beautiful. >> let's talk about the broncos. worried maybe a little bit concerned, in this week's sportsa to z, taking a chance of them getting third head back in the game this -- their head back in the game this season. >> i didn't bring it with me. i saw it on the way over here and gently nudged it. >> should people be worried at this point? >> concerned. >> how about the broncos? >> concerned. great teams don't do what the broncos have done in a five-day period and they make a lot

in the mountains, overnight, especially above timberlines gusts up to 80 miles per hour. it will be tomorrow when the stronger winds approach the eastern half of colorado. and the eastern half of colorado will have red flag warnings. tonight it will be in the mountains where the winds could get up to 85 miles per hour. 65 miles per hour. this watch will be upgraded to a warning most likely. we will pass that along to you when that does happen. dry across the state. high pressure in control. that sinking air, when you have air that lifts and rises, that's when you have the potential for storms. not today. that air is sinking to the ground. here is a look at futurecast through this afternoon. it is very dry. tonight and into tomorrow morning. we need that rain. we're just not going to get it in the next 24 hours. tonight temperatures drop to 51 degrees. again, winds wi the foothills. here in the city from 10 to 20 miles per hour. tomorrow, cooler air arrives. the high will be at 77. then after that, cooler air continues to work its way in. tuesday and wednesday, our chances

we could see wind gust up to 60 miles-per-hour at higher elevations above timberline. these are your sustained winds outside of 22 miles in eagle. same in gunnison. fort collins, 18 miles-an-hour. trinidad at 41. sterling in the 35-mile-per-hour range. we're picking up moisture. we're staying dry across most of the front range, but a rain-snow mix for red feathers park and estes. windy this afternoon. greeley, you're at a high of 69 degrees. boulder at 72. already breezy up there, and we'll see 70s for the most part in the front range, but cooler. 72 in grand junction. 60s for the mountains. 70 degrees is our expected high in gunnison, and then down to the southeast, temperatures expected in the low 90s in spots like lamar and la junta. our future showing us what to expect through the day, still that slight chance we're sseing rain and snow showers in the northern front range mountains, but we should stay dry across the plains today. very windy by tonight. cleer skies as we head into tuesday. mostly sunny for a start of our tuesday. and then a cold front it will drop o

in minds wind from sunday night into monday thanks to that approaching storm system, but above timberline, 85 miles per hour gusts are expected stretching west from fort collins towards trinidad. our temperrtures throughout tonight will be in the 40s and 50s and tomorrow back up in the 80s once again. five-day forecast cast we really don't see moisture entering the state until monday morning and afternoon. still dry here in denver though. 49 degrees tonight, mostly clear and cool. eastern plains. 83 tomorrowwfor us, sunny skies on the way and 80s from greeley and fort collins into parker and elizabeth tomorrow afternoon. 70s for the western slope and 90s here still around la junta and lamar. here we change it up, temperatures droppiig into the 50s on wednesday and thursday. and those overnight lows will be right around freezing, cold some snowfall, but during the day it looks like we'll have scattered showers chances and those ooernight hours it play mix we little bit of snow and we'll keep a close eye op that coming our direction. >> those are my days off and i already cleaned my house o

the scattered showers and thunderstorms mixed in with the snow over timberline will continue to develop and move to the east in the afternoon. light rain is possible along i- 76, and tonight, temperatures drop, and the winds will decrees, and tomorrow morning sunshine, and tonight, 41 will be the overnight low, and in the high country, temperatures dropping into the 20s and 30s, and that's where the breeze watch will go in effect tonight through tomorrow morning, and here on the front range, not that cold, but still, dropping down from where we were this morning, and the next several days it will continue to show the drop in temperatures, and 60s for tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, a chance of showers, and snow in the mountains. 55 is the low on thursday, and friday and saturday, the tempur right back up. tracy? >> this morning an accident on i-76 westbound causing issues, and the left lane is blocked, and traffic is really starting to back up. we have a look at that from the sky9 camera. this morning, you can see one lane of traffic, and the speeds are slowing down into the single di

i have another shot of snow above timberline. marshal sent this beautiful you get going limon is cold. 28 degrees there. 28 also in boulder 43 and ed down in almosta typically almosta is kind of the cool spot but -- ala mosa is typically -- ala. alamosa is the cool spot. even though we have a high pressure ridge right over colorado it's not strong enough to hold everything up so it'sfiltering the moisture if u little rain here in southern colorado during the course of the day and afternoon so showers and thunderstorms for the san juans some of the eastern plains but it doesn't make it up into the northern part of the state. so all we will see up here is high clouds from that system today. temperature wise, 6 0? in the mountains, 70s and 60s out west and we will be in the soothing 70s across the eastern plains as well today. going to the bronco game, start 76 degrees. and by halftime 74, 72 in the fourth quarter and sunshine wall to wall. you might want to take sunscreen or your big orange hat to the game. 79 tomorrow. it will be

with your particular hunt is we're gonna put you into one of our cabins which is up high way above timberline, and from that cabin, you've got about an hour and a walking and getting to the area where we spot from. and then, you'll have a huge valley that's heavily, both timbered and very thick alders. and you'll be looking into that valley, and day after day until you find the bull moose that you're after and when you find the right bull, then you're gonna drop down into the valley and go after your bull and put a stalk on it and hopefully we can catch that on film and you can get a good bull out of it. [buck]so the key is investing your time and glassing and identifying the animal before moving down into valleys after it. [jerry]yes.we're not just after any moose. we're after trophy bulls, so it doesn't do us any good to go find little moose. so we're specifically after a good trophy so we'll invest the time. and we'll sit and we'll wait, do a fair amount of walking to get to the spot you can do that from each day. and then, you'll go after, like a surgeon, you'll go after one specific anim

more scattered storms are expected for the mountains mixed in with a little bit of snow above timberline. strong winds today will elevate starting at noon we go into a red flag warning. lightweight vehicles, high pro vile vehicles that drive along mounins and in southern he wyoming is going to be a difficult one. gusts up to 60 miles per hour possible near cheyenne. the sun finally has broken through those clouds. we'll have more blue in the sky, highs today are going to be rising into the upper 70s. folks hold on. tonight gets cold. >>> 7:30. it is monday morning, the 3rd of october, 2016. great srt to the week, great crowd on our plaza. we will get outside to s?> hello in just a couple of nutes. inside, here's the check of the morning's >>> preparations ramping up in haiti, jamaica and cuba preparing for matthew. we'll have a live report from haiti in just a moment. >>> opening statements of the trial of a georgia father accused of leaving his 22-month-old son to die in a hot car begin today. justin ross harris faces numerous charges, including felony murder. he maintains his son's dea

above timberline in the mountains. and over the city right now, it is dry and beautiful. if it wasn't for this wind, then it would be a beautiful day. we do have a potential for some light showers, and in our north and central mountains. but the rest of the state will stay really dry. temperature drop. well, from 24 hours ago, we will have about 20 degrees cooler and our highs today are going to be in the 70s. and 50s and 40s around town right now. and 70s this afternoon. and gary, it is going to continue to get cooler through the middle of the week. and finally feeling like fall. >> okay. well, it has been a while since we have experienced fall-like weather, right? >>> this morning on "today's take," harry connick jr. is leer. grammy winning musician is our special co-host. >>> then trunk or treat. a twist on a halloween tradition. >>> plus "the biggest loser's" bob harper. ses staying in shape during the holidays. coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take," live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome, everybody. this is monday morning,