Action in rio. First lets get you set for the day with a look at the week ahead. Marty coniglio is in the 9 news backyard. A hot start to the workweek. It is going to be, much warmer today, temperatures in the low 90s. Storm chances are small here. Though it is very stormy on the western slope. It does turn cooler later this week. It is fairly quiet around here now, a couple of wannabe showers to the east and it has been extremely active however from the san juans through the Elk Mountains and the aspen area and now especi colorado river, and back to glenwood canyon, and in northwestern colorado. These are not huge storms. They are not covering gigantic areas but just a tremendous amount of lightning in these storms. And in the last 30 minutes, almost 700 whitening strikes in these storms lightning strikes in these storms. And these will begin to die down between now and 9 00 a. M. A quiet morning. Mid60s now. And upper 70s, by 10 00 this morning. And on our way, to highs in the upper
The backyard. Only difference today is perhaps some more clouds. That sounds right to me. We havent started that way but we will finish that way and the reason we will see clouds is because were finally starting to he see some rain in western colorado. Showers are really picking up this morning especially at the Grand Junction area things are going from south to north so they wont rapidly move of across the state. And as that happens we will see mor modest to modest rain between now and the dinner hour and then after sunset tonight well get a second surge of moisture that will move into western colorado with some very good rain amounts upwards of half an inch or more in some spots and it will be snow above 11,000 feet with at least at least 2 to 3 inches of snow in the san juans and elk mountains. Were not anticipating any Severe Weather today that is in the mountains during the day today. For us sunny skies early clouds pick up late but the temperature story is pretty close to the sam
About your daily dreaded drive. Breaking news, Whitney Houstons daughter died almost the same way her mother did. The autopsy result for bobbi kristina. A medical examiner says marijuana, alcohol, and drugs used for sedation and anxiety were all found in the 22year olds system. She was found face down and unresponsive in january of last year. Her mother had also been found in a tub. Bobby kristina died in hospice care in july. You made it to friday. Happy friday, everyone. Lets get you set for it with meteorologist Marty Coniglio. It is dry, but its sure warm out there. It is warm right now. Its going to be an interesting day for us. Were going to start the same way we have for the last couple of days. Nice high clouds. During the day, were going to start seeing the tail end of a move our way. Its really quite warm out here. 30s, 40s over the front range right now. And not so bad in the mountains with teens and 20s but during the day our southwest wind will shift. Its going to start co
Midnight. The warming trend will be here, sunshine, warm temperatures, and eyeballing the next system by next week, we will it you know about that in a moment. The latest on the search for a driver who ran from a crash this morning. It happened to on the on ramp to interstate 225. Melissa is on the scene of the crash. Are there any leads on the suspect . Reporter they do have the suspects car, which they hope will lead them to the person behind the wheel. And police say the driver made an abrupt maneuver to get off interstate 25, slamming into another car. He then took off on foot. On new years day, a vehicle was getting ready to enter the on ramp when police say the suspect vehicle made a sudden and illegal lane change. Attempting to make a last ditch effort to get on when the driver glided and pinned it against the guard rail. One of the four people inside was ejected and rushed to Denver Health with serious injuries. The driver ran off and left his car behind. There was one party co
Day three of their siege in oregon vowing to stay put until their needs are met. Were here to defend the people. End to the standoff. Boiling point. Saudi arabia severs ties with iran, giving its diplomats just hours to leave the country as tensions rise over the saudis execution of an iranian cleric. And deepwater discovery, the first images of the cargo ship that sank after the captain sailed it right into a category 4 hurricane it was built to survive. No sign of the 33 crew on board or the black box that could solve the months old mystery today,mond monday, january 4th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning. Weve advanced a year, and, i mean that literally. Happy birthday belatedly. Thank you, to you as well. Yeah. Do you believe it . Were so much older. Did you celebrate . I did. Thats why im on a tensecond delay. My new years is extending to monday, january 4th. Well catch up in a while.