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4:00 AT 9 NEWS STARTS NOW. >>> SUMMER WEATHER TODAY IS
TURNING INTO WINTER WEATHER
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. A COLD FRONT IN JUST A COUPLE
OF HOURS WILL DROP OUR
90-DEGREE TEMPERATURES INTO
THE 30s.
THE 30s.
THE 30s. YOU'LL FEEL THE WIND FIRST,
AND THEN COMES THE SNOW.
AT LEAST 8 INCHES OF IT
EXPECTED TO KEEP ON FALLING
PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY TOMORROW.
>> IT'S STILL HARD TO IMAGINE
ALL THE SNOWY SKIES FOLLOWING
THESE, THESE ASH FILLED SKIES
WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. SMOKE BLANKETING THE FRONT
RANGE.
RANGE.
RANGE. THAT'S PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF
THE COLD FRONT CRASHING DOWN
ON US AND THE WINDS COMING
WITH IT.
WITH IT.
WITH IT. THE SUN COULD BARELY PEEK OUT
IN THE HAZE AND SMOKE IN FORT
COLLINS.
COLLINS.
COLLINS. THE SKIES ORANGE AT POINTS
OVER HORSETOOTH RESERVOIR
WITH THE CAMERON PEAK FIRE
BURNING SO FIERCELY TO THE
WEST.
WEST.
WEST. >>
WEST. >> THE FIRE BURNING NORTH OF
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
HAS NOW BURNED OVER
59,000 ACRES AND ONLY 4%
CONTAINED THIS AFTERNOON.
>> WE'VE HAD DIFFERING
DEGREES OF RED FLAG WARNING
WEATHER OVER THE LAST NEARLY
A MONTH, BUT IT HAD STAYED
CONSISTENT IN SIZE.
BUT NOW WE'RE SEEING
TREMENDOUS GROWTH THAT PUSHED
IT, AND AS THE INSTANT
MANAGEMENT TEAM MENTIONED, IT
MADE ABOUT A 10-MILE RUN IN A
DAY OR TWO THAT IT HADN'T
DONE IN THREE WEEKS BEFORE
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> SUCH A DANGEROUS WEEKEND
SUDDENLY WITH THE CAMERON
PEAK FIRE AND EVERYONE
FEELING IT.
FEELING IT. IT'S STARTED TO MOVE INTO
AREAS NOW WITH STRUCTURES.
EMERGENCY MANAGERS HAD TO
ORDER EVACUATIONS AT A LEVEL
THEY'D NOT BEEN PLANNING ON.
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE NOW
IN PLACE FOR THE GLACIER VIEW
AREA AND PEOPLE LIVING ON
HIGHWAY 14 FROM STONE LANDING
TO GATEWAY PARK.
MANY OF THOSE HOUSES ARE
ACTUALLY SECOND HOMES FOR
PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVE IN
THE METRO AREA.
THE FIRE HAS ALWAYS MOVED
INTO REMOTE PARTS OF ROCKY
MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK.
TRAIL RIDGE ROAD IS CLOSED
FOR A SECOND DAY IN A ROW DUE
TO THE FIRE BEHAVIOR AND
STRONG WINDS WITH IT.
THEY'RE UNSURE WHEN THE
MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY WILL REOPEN
DUE TO THE WINTER WEATHER
MOVING IN NEXT.
OLD FALL RIVER IS CLOSED AS
WELL, ALONG WITH SOME TRAILS
AND CAMP SITES.
>> THERE'S A NEW WILDFIRE
THAT'S STARTED BURNING NEAR
THE STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA.
THE MIDDLE FORK FIRE HAS
BURNED 137 ACRES SO FAR, AND
IT'S BURNING ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTH OF STEAMBOAT SPRINGS IN
THE ROUTE NATIONAL FOREST.
U.S. FOREST OFFICIALS SAY IT
STARTED YESTERDAY.
STARTED YESTERDAY. PEOPLE IN STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
CAN SEE THE SMOKE COMING FROM
IT.
IT.
IT. AS
IT. AS FOR THE OTHER WILDFIRES IN
OUR STATE, THERE HASN'T BEEN
SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AT THE
PINE GULCH FIRE NEAR GRAND
JUNCTION, THE GRIZZLY CREEK
FIRE NEAR GLENWOOD SPRINGS,
OR THE WILLIAMS FORK FIRE.
THE STRONG WINDS TODAY,
THOUGH, ARE CERTAIN WILL I A
CONCERN.
CONCERN.
CONCERN. AS ALL THESE WILDFIRES BURN,
DENVER'S WEATHER IS MAKING
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. THE CITY HIT, YES, ANOTHER
90-DEGREE DAY AGAIN TODAY,
AND THAT MEANS DENVER HAS
BEEN 90 OR HOTTER 73 DAYS
THIS YEAR, BREAKING THE
RECORD NUMBER OF 90-DEGREE
DAYS THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SET
IN THE 2012.
KATHY, IT'S AMAZING TALKING
ABOUT ALL THIS HEAT AND
INCHES OF SNOW ON THE WAY.
>>> YES, THIS KIND OF THING
DOES HAPPEN, BUT IT HASN'T
HAPPENED IN A VERY LONG TIME.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE WIND
THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE
AHEAD OF THIS BLAST OF COLD
AND SNOW.
AND SNOW.
AND SNOW. THE MOISTURE WILL HELP
FIREFIGHTERS IN THEIR
EFFORTS, BUT BETWEEN NOW AND
MIDNIGHT IN SOME OF THE FIRE
ZONE AREAS, WE COULD SEE THE
WINDS INCREASE DRAMATICALLY.
AND WE'RE REALLY DEALING WITH
SOME OF THE WORST AIR QUALITY
WE'VE EVER HAD HERE.
LOOK AT LIVE AT FORT COLLINS.
THAT SMOKE IS SO DENSE.
THE AIR QUALITY IS REDUCING
VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE
IN SOME AREAS AND KEPT
TEMPERATURES IN THE 60s IN
NORTHERN COLORADO.
NORTHERN COLORADO. WE'RE SEEING GUSTY WINDS
ALONG THE FIRE ZONE AREAS AND
ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS, BUT WHEN THE FRONT
ARRIVES AROUND 7:00 TO
8:00 TONIGHT, IT WILL BRING A
DRAMATIC DROP IN TEMPERATURE
AND WINDS UP TO 40 AND
50 MILES PER HOUR.
THERE'S THE COLD AIR LUCKING
JUST NORTH OF US MOVING
THROUGH MONTANA.
THROUGH MONTANA. IT WILL BE DRY AND WINDY
INITIALLY WHEN IT ARRIVES,
AND RAIN LATE THAT CHANGES
OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THE TIME
YOU WAKE UP TOMORROW.
ACCUMULATING SNOW.
ACCUMULATING SNOW. THE KIND OF WET AND HEAVY
SNOW THAT MEANS POWER LINES
COULD COME DOWN, TREE
BRANCHES COULD COME DOWN.
OF COURSE VERY TOUGH STORM
SYSTEM FOR ANIMALS.
A BIG BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
DROP.
DROP.
DROP. EVEN FOR HUMAN BEINGS.
YOU'LL REALLY NOTICE THIS BIG
DROP IN TEMPERATURE.
A HOST OF WINTER WEATHER AND
TRAVEL ADVISORIES POSTED FOR
OUR STATE.
OUR STATE. DENVER'S UNDER A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT, BUT
THE FOOTHILLS AREAS WEST AND
SOUTH IN A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES OF
SNOW.
SNOW.
SNOW. WE'RE IN THE 90s RIGHT NOW,
AND TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL
DROP LIKE A ROCK ONCE THE
FRONT COMES IN.
AND YOU'LL KNOW IT'S HERE
WITH THE WIND.
GUSTY NORTH WINDS.
YOU'LL SEE IT, FEEL IT, WE'LL
HAVE A WALL OF DUST COME
THROUGH, AND THEN WE'RE ONTO
RECORD SNOW WITH COLD TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY AND HARD FREEZE
CONDITIONS BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. THIS IS ABOUT AS EXTREME AS
IT GETS IN COLORADO, TOM, AND
THERE'S JUST AS MUCH TO COVER
IN OUR WEATHER SEGMENT COMING
UP.
UP.
UP. >>>
UP. >>> ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TALK TO
YOU MUCH MORE ABOUT IT IN
JUST A LITTLE BIT.
BUT AFTER THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND, IT'S A SLAP IN THE
FACE AS PEOPLE GO BACK TO
WORK TOMORROW.
WORK TOMORROW. AND THE IMPENDING SUDDEN
SNOWSTORM WILL HOPEFULLY
BRING SNOW ONTO THE CAMERON
PEAK WILDFIRE.
PEAK WILDFIRE. METEOROLOGIST CORY
METEOROLOGIST CORY REPPENHAGEN EXPLAINS HOW MUCH
IMPACT THE SNOW COULD HAVE ON
THE FLAMES AND SMOKE THERE.
>> REPORTER: FIRE MANAGERS
HAVE ESTIMATED THE CAMERON
PEAK FIRE WON'T BE COMPLETELY
SUPPRESSED UNTIL THE END OF
OCTOBER UNLESS THEY GET
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL.
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. SOME MIGHT CALL TUESDAY'S
SNOW SIGNIFICANT.
SNOW SIGNIFICANT. THIS FORECAST MODEL IS
SHOWING ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW
FALLING ON THE EASTERN
FRINGES OF THE CAMERON PEAK
FIRE, THE MORE ACTIVE SIDE.
>> BUT IT'S NOT WHAT WE WOULD
CALL SEASON ENDING.
WE NEED A SUCCESS OF THESE TO
BASICALLY PUT THIS THING OUT.
>> REPORTER: PAUL IS THE
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AT
THE CAMERON PEAK FIRE.
HE SAYS HE'S SEEN A SCENARIO
LIKE THIS RECENTLY IN
COLORADO.
COLORADO.
COLORADO. >> FOR INSTANCE, I WAS ON THE
DECKER FIRE BY SALIDA LAST
OCTOBER, AND WE HAD A FAIR
AMOUNT OF SNOW ON THAT.
A SERIES OF SNOWFALLS.
BUT YEAH, IT WAS STILL
SMOLERING UNDERNEATH THE
SNOW.
SNOW.
SNOW. >>
SNOW. >> REPORTER: HE SAYS THEY'RE
NOT LOOKING AT IT AS 7 INCHES
OF SNOW.
OF SNOW.
OF SNOW. THEY LOOK AT IT AS AN INCH OF
WATER OR LESS DEPENDING ON
HOW DRY THE SNOW IS.
NOT ENOUGH WATER TO
COMPLETELY DISTINGUISH A
WILDFIRE THAT SIZE.
STRONG WINDS MONDAY WILL
INTENSIFY THE CAMERON FLAMES
AND WILL LIKELY GET WORSE AS
THE COLD FRONT BRINGS IN EVEN
STRONGER GUSTS.
STRONGER GUSTS. BUT THEN FIREFIGHTERS WILL
WELCOME A FEW DAYS OF COLD
AIR AND HIGH HUMIDITY WHICH
WILL HELP THEM SLOW THE
FIRE'S PROGRESS.
FIRE'S PROGRESS. FRONT RANGE RESIDENTS WILL
WELCOME THE REMOVAL OF
WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM THE AIR.
WINDS COMING FROM THE WEST
HAVE BEEN PUSHING THE SMOKE
RIGHT ONTO THE URBAN CORRIDOR
FOR SEVERAL DAYS, CREATING
APOCALYPTIC VIEWS LIKE THIS
IN THE SKY AND RAINING DOWN
ASH AND SOOT.
WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE
EAST DURING THE STORM PUSHING
THE SMOKE AWAY FROM THE FRONT
RANGE.
RANGE.
RANGE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DAMPEN
AND REMOVE SMOKE PARTICLES,
AND DISSIPATE SMOKE HIGH INTO
THE ATMOSPHERE.
THE ATMOSPHERE. BUT THAT COULD BE SHORT LIVED
AS DRY AIR AND WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE
CAMERON PEAK FIRE FIGHT.
>> EITHER WAY, IT WILL
PROBABLY CONTINUE TO BURN FOR
AWHILE.
AWHILE.
AWHILE. >> REPORTER: CORY
REPPENHAGEN, 9 NEWS.
>> THE WILLIAMS FORK FIRE IS
ALSO EXPECTED TO GET SOME OF
THE RAIN AND SNOW, BUT THAT
SIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE IS NOT FORECAST TO GET
AS MUCH AS THE CAMERON PEAK
FIRE.
FIRE.
FIRE. OF
FIRE. OF COURSE WITH ALL THIS
HAPPENING, YOU CAN GET THE
VERY LATEST WEATHER FORECAST
AND RADAR INFORMATION ON THE
9 NEWS APP.
IT'S FREE TO DOWNLOAD ON THE
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>>> IT WAS A PRETTY VIOLENT
WEEKEND IN DENVER.
FIVE SHOOTINGS IN ALL, TWO
WERE DEADLY.
WERE DEADLY. NOW DENVER POLICE SAY BOTH OF
THOSE SHOOTINGS HAPPENED IN
SOUTHWEST DENVER SATURDAY
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. OFFICERS FOUND A MAN SHOT IN
THE ROAD ON SOUTH QUEVAS
STREET NEAR MISSISSIPPI
AVENUE.
AVENUE.
AVENUE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
WHERE HE DIED.
POLICE DON'T HAVE ANY SUSPECT
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. THE SECOND MAN SHOT SATURDAY
ALSO DIED AT THE HOSPITAL
FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING NEAR
ALAMEDA ON SOUTH JULIAN
STREET AROUND 10:30.
POLICE DO HAVE A SUSPECT IN
SUSPECT IN THIS CASE.
>>> THIS YOUNG BOY DORIAN
ORTIZ WAS LAST SEEN SATURDAY
NIGHT WITH HIS NON-CUSTODIAL
MOTHER.
MOTHER.
MOTHER. HE LEFT HIS HOME AFTER AN
ARGUMENT AND WAS SEEN GETTING
INTO A CAR WITH HIS MOTHER
AND AN UNKNOWN MAN.
THEY BELIEVE THEY'RE IN THE
DENVER AREA, AND JESSICA
ORTIZ IS ACTIVITY AVOIDING
AUTHORITIES.
AUTHORITIES. IF YOU SEE DORIAN CALL THE
LARIMER COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE.
OFFICE.
OFFICE. >>>
>>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> THE NUGGETS ARE BACK UP
TONIGHT TRYING TO EDGE OUT A
LEAD OVER THE LA CLIPPERS.
THE SERIES NOW TIED.
WE'RE WAITING, THOUGH, TO SEE
IF DENVER'S JOKER IS GOING TO
PLAY TONIGHT.
PLAY TONIGHT. HE'S DEALING WITH A STRANGED
WRIST.
WRIST.
WRIST. TIP OFF IS 7:00.
>>> MAY NOT FEEL LIKE IT
TODAY, BUT THE BRONCOS SEASON
IS KICKING OFF A WEEK FROM
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. WE KNOW EMPOWER FIELD AT MILE
HIGH WILL BE EMPTY FOR THE
OPENER, BUT NOT FOR LONG.
THE BRONCOS APPEAR TO BE
WORKING WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE TO ALLOW SOME FANS IN
THE STANDS BY WEEK THREE.
THAT'S GAME 2.
THEY'RE SAYING LESS THAN SAW
THOUSAND FANS CAN BE ON HAND
WHEN THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
COME TO TOWN ON
SEPTEMBER 27th.
SEPTEMBER 27th. A SOURCE TELLS US BRITTANY
BOWLEN HAS SUBMITTED AN
EXTENSIVE STADIUM SAFETY PLAN
TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE A
FEW WEEKS AGO.
SOURCES SAY GOVERNOR POLIS'
OFFICE TOURED THE STADIUM
RECENTLY LOOKING AT SAFETY
PROCEDURES.
PROCEDURES. TAILGATING WILL MOST LIKELY
STILL NOT BE ALLOWED.
>>> AND FANS MIGHT SEE A NEW
COACH ON THE FIELD THIS
SEASON BECAUSE THE TEAM HAS
NAMED EMILY ZALER AS THEIR
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
COACH.
COACH.
COACH. SHE'S THE FIRST FULL TIME
FEMALE COACH IN BRONCOS
FRANCHISE HISTORY.
FRANCHISE HISTORY. MORE NFL TEAMS HAVE