Crews are out on frying pan road fighting a wildfire. Evacuations could be possible if the fire continues to spread. Well update you if anything changes. To the north of that fire, crews spent the night keeping their eyes peeled after a fire in gypsum were destroyed. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The threat of more fires is very real as in colorado. Boulder county is under a red flag warning through this evening. The National Weather service is warning of near critical wildfire conditions. The most at risk areas are in the southern colorado mountains and valleys. Hazardous conditions are stretching up into wyoming and montana. Lets check in with belen de leon now. Our warm weather is contributing to that fire danger. It is drying out the fuels and these warm temperatures arent helping and get a handle on the fires existing. Lets take you to our maps. I want to show you where were at so far with the winds because we have stronger winds in and around the foothills a
A cooldown. Highs in the 70s because of a front that will arrive this afternoon. But, bottom line, the main weather headline are those wild winds. We have had peek wind gusts upwards of 50 Miles Per Hour in cascade. Wind advisories in the high country will make it difficult to drive at times while those strong winds here on the front range are going to increase fire danger, strong winds will increase this afternoon here on the front range and out in the Eastern Plains. This morning is alre foothills and down south in palmer divide while the winds in the city are much calmer. The forecast really dry. Thats the reason why well have a red flag warning. We have a few clouds in Southeastern Colorado and the potential for light showers in our north and Central Mountains. Here on the front range, it is bright blue skies and sunshine. Highs will be in the low 70s. Temperatures right now in the 40s and the 30s, some 50degree i25. A bigger cooldown arrives for the beginning of the week. That for
Still rain along i76 in northeast colorado, especially from sterling and into nebraska. Our friends watching in western nebraska, yes, you definitely have rain this morning. All that will move to the east of our region later on and behind all this, dry warmer weather going into the weekend. Well detail that coming up. Now lets get a check on the traffic with joel. I70 at vail pass, and those bald tires arent going to do, passenger traction restrictions in place. And chain and passenger restrictions in place Hillary Clinton and donald trump are getting ready for tonights final president ial debate. This one is in las vegas. Both candidates will try to shift their focus away from their controversies. Trump is facing claims of Sexual Assault and harassment. He spent last night in Grand Junction. He brought out the idea of a constitutional amendment to term limit congress. Trump goes into tonights showdown as the underdog. He has lost support from women voters. Six people came forward a wr
Lead. Trump will try to close it. The debate is in las vegas. Each is trying to get the voters to their side. Reporter the conditions are lining up that they might be able to sway some people. Donald trump is behind in the polls. Political experts say this could be his last stand. They expect him to come out swinging. Clinton needs to stay steady. But both candidates have a chance because theyre both really unpopular. Actual individuals who claim theyre undecided is over 5 of most of these polls. But i think probably a third of the electorate is unhappy about their choice. Reporter the debate is at the university of las vegas. Starts at 7 p. M. Polls is showing clinton is ahead but trump is leading as far as social media conversations each week. Last week he got the highest yet at more than 307 million likes, comments, shares, and posts about him. Thats 54 million more than the week before. Clinton also hit her alltime high last week. She reached 206 million interactions on facebook. I
Containment. It started monday when high winds blew a Metal Building into a fire line. The smoke has been making it tough for people to breathe across the front range. The haze is settling in over the rockies. Look at this picture that jason howly sent us. Look at the mountains, you see the smoke. Marty, there was a little bit of break in the strong winds yesterday but it sounds like its windy there today again. Its windy especially this morning. The wind is out of t which will clear us out. We wont be quite as hazy around here today as we have been the last two days because the wind direction has shifted for us. Here this morning, we started with some really Early Morning showers. Now we have about 50 50, clouds and clearing sky. This is how things are shaping up down south around the junkins fire. Wind gusts are strong in and around pueblo. Well keep them up 10 to 20 miles per afternoon, then decrease late in the day. Humidity levels dropping into the teens and 20s, which is not fant