threats didn't shut down, so our ability to track them, respond to them, were ung mined.nd now we're back to work getting caught up. ♪ >>> i'm meteorologist dave warren. well, we will start in australia today, the satellite shows there is practically no clouds around, it's what is happening at the surface that is a big concern. there are some huge fires there. at least 90 fires right around sydney, and the problem is the wind is gusting at over 90 miles an hour. 90 fires with at least a third of them still out of control. watching that situation closely. you can see the smoke, ash, and fire going right over sydney. this is smoke and ash from all of those fires, and clearly scene from the satellite picture. a lot of the darker gray colors are fires. so we're watching that situation closely. as far as the country goes, denver just climbed above the freezing mark, but this area coming from the north. nice there yesterday, but today temperatures are about 15 degrees colder, and now western kansas and colorado seeing some light snow. right there is a winter weather advisory, b