Ch around this evening, just like these clouds hanging over downtown denver,. Theres good news for the weekend warriors out there hoping to get outside in the sun perhaps tomorrow. We want to bring in meteorologist danielle grant. I see some sunshine on your face. Its so bright and beautiful for a change of pace out here. We were stuck with cloudy conditions for the past couple days. Still had cool temps on tap this afternoon in the 70s. Soak it in while you can. Well be watching those numbers outside now, a mix of sun and clouds. Some areas to the south through castle rock, a few showers, but over all, its been a spectacular afternoon. To the western slope, were watching heavier pockets of rain pushing through with the monsoon winds carrying that sub tropical moisture and whipping it back into our state where the Flash Flood Watch will continue for most of the western site until midnight tonight. Scattered showers pushing in across the far Eastern Plains gaining intensity out there. Not only are they dealing with lightning but also some and very heavy rains. So far i havent seen any severe cells out of those. You can see around the i25 corridor, bone dry, a little sunshine here and there. But those showers are once again starting to reform in the mountains and in the foothills, we could see a couple pushback into the city. For now its going on the Southeastern Colorado that were keeping a close eye on as far as severe thunderstorms. 70s in fort collins, greeley, and we have 81 at dia. We will monitor a few showers here and there. I have good news, itll be looking a little dryer. Well be talking about sizzling temperatures soon. The numbers will feel a little bit more like summertime. Like some sweat coming down my forehead, thank you danielle. Most people step away quickly from bad smells but thats not the case at the denver Botanic Gardens where a smelly bloom is attracting the hours ago. It caught staff by surprise. They talked to 9news reporter jessica about why this was extremely rare. Reporter there was lines wrapped around the denver botanic garden. Hundreds of people hoping to soak in the sights and smells of the infamous corpse flower the corpse flower is in bloom again and this time people dont want to miss out. If youd like to see a rare you have to do is follow your nose. It smells like an old sponge. Kind of like garbage. Did you smell anything . A corpse flower has once again bloomed in denver. We werent sure when it would happen. But it happened today. Reporter this was a total surprise to horticulturalists like nick, he didnt think the bloom would survive. Its basically like a child, you dont know when s to be delivered. Reporter it only took a couple hours before news got out and people packed the pavilion. I said hurry and eat we need to rush and beat the crowds. We missed it last year. We got to see it now. Reporter the corpse flower can be easy to miss. It only blooms every eight to ten years and lasts for two days. My child has grown up to be a flower, thats incredible. Reporter an incredible sight that as rare as it is seeing the public being enthusiastic over a single plant is amazing. Reporter in denver, jessica, 9news. The bloom will be cross pollinated with the corpse flower in new york. Theres still a chance for you to see this little stinker at denver Botanic Gardens tonight and tomorrow. How wonderful it happened on a weekend. Those dont last very long. Last years big corpse flower bloom was pretty rk it. But heres what it looked like last year. People from all around the world watched a live stream for days as it slowly bloomed. We were waiting for this to happen forever it seems like. Tens of thousands of people lined for for hours to get a whiff of that stench. A mosquito born virus is spreading in north colorado. This time its west nile. The first human case of west nile was confirmed in will recovering at home greeley is recovering at home. A second case is under investigation nearby in the johns town area. Colorado State University found a west nile case in a horse in well county. West nile can spread in birds and other animals. Mosquitoes then bite those animals and can in turn infect humans. Because of these cases, Larimer County plans to start spraying for mosquitoes on monday. The Health Department will be spraying around fort collins, were told thats going to happen next week. Mosquitoes at home is to use insect repellent. Get rid of standing water and cover exposed skin. A married couple is facing charges after trying to hit and bite security guards at a campground. It happened north of fort collins. Larimer county deputies say bruce attacked the guards with a bat. When the guards tried to restrain him, his wife hit a deputy with a flashlight. Deputies say he then tried to bite them, even tried to kick out windows of a patrol car. But everyone is expected to be okay. A man was shot several times while driving on i70 and investigators dont know who did it or why. The man is from kansas. He was driving in Elbert County yesterday. When he says a blue honda pulled up next to him. His car was riddled with gunshots and he was injured. Emergency crews flew to the hospital for treatment and now investigators are looking at surveillance videos from nearby businesses to try to track down the shr. King mine spill, the Environmental Protection agency is ready to pay a Million Dollars to those effected. The epa announced the payment yesterday one year to the day after the spill. A crew accidentally caused the spill dumping millions of gallons of toxins into the river. It turns the river a sickly yellow color. The contaminated water spread to water sources in colorado, utah, and three indian 29 million on spill related costs. People in silverton are having a Community Party including a special spill themed beer and a 5k race. They decided to celebrate after a better than expected summer for tourism. Well tell you about a project decades in the making to honor colorados heroes. A mission five years and millions of miles, were getting closer to a new view of our best soccer in the world. A greeley mans mission to put a face to every weld county hero killed in the vietnam war helped colorado reach an important milest for don, its his way of saying thank you. Theres 28 names that are off of the Memorial Wall and in washington dc. Reporter for don, his fight has been for those who fought for us. So they are definitely people that we need to always remember. A few years ago he and his brothers started the mission to get missing pictures of weld vietnam hoping to add them the a virtual wall as part of the National Program faces never forgotten. Thats whats really the motivation to make sure that people could feel. That was a real person. Not just any. Reporter to get the job done, he says he and his brothers spent years tracking down families, searching through archives. Looking through dozens of pictures thatwe its a challenging endeavor. In some cases families have tried to bury some of that and so this brings up, you know, a memory of a long time ago, and its hard sometimes. Reporter after a few year, don and his brother were able to complete their missions. The faces that were forgotten was able to complete the list of colorado vietnam casualties those men gave their lives, their bodies, and their minds to participate in something they were doing dutifully for america. Reporter and for don feldhouse thats worth fighting for. Thank you for your service, were always with you. And there are still thousands of vietnam vets killed in action from across the country who dont have a picture to go along with their names. He says the overwh all of those in colorado is due to faces never forgotten. Today, new york police are boosting their body armor at the same time the department is trying to to seem more accessible to the community. They wear a thin bulletproof vest understood their uniforms. Enough to stop a bullet from a handgun but not an automatic rifle. The goal is to get officers ready to fight rampaging shooters. The Department Plans to put 3,000 patrol cars for active shooter situations part of a 7. 5 million program. The changes come after recent Mass Shootings in orlando and dallas. A new poem shows that most young adults support tighter gun control policies the group gen forward out of the university of chicago found nine out of ten adults favor criminal background checks for all gun sales the survey shows a majority support stiffer penalties and a ban on rapid fire semiautomatic weapons. President obama and the break. They all took a helicopter today to head to Marthas Vineyard for their annual summers vacation. This is their final trip during president obamas time in office. One of the obama daughters spent time at Marthas Vineyard. Sasha obama was working the take out window at a popular seafood restaurant. Shell continue going to School Pictures five years in the making are days from beaming back to worth. The spacecraft juneau launched on its journey to jupiter. The spacecraft arrived on jupiter in the beginning of july. Its been orbiting the planet. Working to map the planet from the inside out. Were expecting to get pictures a few weeks from now. Cant wait. Who knows what were going to see. Very cool. They decided yacht in rio. Now team u. S. A. Basketball team is making headlines for the questionable durangos mud covered roads are back open today. Several closed yesterday after heavy rain pushed mud, water, and rocks into the street. The Durango Harald is reporting that one mud slide temporarily stranded folks on a county road. Theyre doing fine today. Parts of colorado could see more mud slides this weekend as the chances for rain continue. A colorado man died after getting caught in a flood in new mexico. The man was driving a ford f sank friday afternoon. Investigators say he tried to cross a washed out area and the truck rolled several times. Winds ushering in all that Tropical Storm can be dangerous. You can see the thunderstorms that still exist across the southwestern side of the state. This is our camera in ridge way. Were looking at the san juans. You can see those dark daunting clouds in the far off distance. These thunderstorms are packed with water. So weve been watching some of them cruise by any where between 2 to potentially an hour in some spots. Rock slides, landslides, not out of the question. This Flash Flood Watch will be in police through midnight tonight. Weve been watching the potential from the san juans to the Central Mountains and teller and el paso county. You can see the monsoon wind flow dragging the Tropical Storm and pushing it throughout parts of the four corners and letting it sit across the state. High pressure, sitting out toward parts of texas, this little further west as the workweek starts. And that actually is going to help us out quite a bit and steer those winds in a different direction. You can see out there in boulder, a little blue skies. Nice to see. Temperatures in the upper 70s, low 80s this afternoon. A cool pocket, 72 in sterling. 70 degrees in re. 60s in leadville as as telluride. Thunderstorms fi telluride, montrose, through gunnison. I just threw on the lightning tracker, a lot of this is rural area. But 1,000 lightning strikes in the past half hour alone. Look at this bulls eye, still nothing severe but a lot of water coming down in kit carson and cheyenne counties. I hope you enjoyed the day. Enjoyed the sunshine. A mix of clouds rolling through. Were watching showers and mountains. Those will move in later tonight. Im keeping a chance for light showers in the mix. Some areas could have fog. Sunrise at 6 03 tomorrow. Upper 50s in fort collins and greeley. 40s in kremmling, buena vista and telluride. Enjoy that nice mountain air. 10 00 p. M. , a little batch sitting over denver. The really heavy stuff will be across the Eastern Plains. Tomorrow morning theyll wake up to clouds out there and a little bit of fog. Dry ai its not going to completely get rid of the thunderstorms. Theyre going to fire up in the mountains. It looks like popcorn out there. By 6 00, 7 00, Thunder Showers pushback in the metro area and they primarily stay south of i 70. Well be watching this one area across Southeastern Colorado from potentially seeing storms turning severe. Rain forecast through tomorrow evening, over all less than an inch for many spots. 87. Were cranking up the heat around here. 70s in the mountains. 80s in evergreen. 90 in longmont, loveland, and platville. Isolated storms on monday. But news10 the heat rolls back on in. Well be looking at nothing but sunshine. Its good because summers not officially over. The past couple days theres been a hint of autumn in the air. It makes me want to grab a sweater maybe. The Pumpkin Spice everything. Psl, not yet says danielle. Olympic gold or International Failure can come down to just a few inches. How a soccer star is resetting the bar for what it olympic park has come alive in rio and fans have shown up at the 2016 summer games to be part of this First Official day. Cheryl and matt are live in rio. And after some incredible opening ceremonies and exciting First Official day, matt and cheryl. You know, its such a Different Energy here today. Its alive. It is vibrant. Its amazing to find yourself around all corner of the world. People are wearing their nations colored, draped in flags. Its a great feeling here. I saw some american flags in the crowd. The women of u. S. A. Soccer keep rolling. Another great day for our colorado contingent. U. S. A. Soccer so fun to watch. Weve pew. Shes played with real. Shes a phenom. One of the youngest on the team. And lindsay is from golden. And its fun to see this new generation. And theyre from colorado. A new generation with an older generation with some history, especially in the goal position. Hope solo helping this team win countless medals. And she says the world hasnt seen the best of hope solo yet. California sun. Or elite competition all around the world. I had the most fun. U. S. Womens National TeamSoccer Player hope solo says she and her team are always shooting for intensity. Ultimately, you cant win without being intense. Intensity this team is looking to unleash on the world at the by making history. Theres always pressure. And i think this team strives under pressure. Becoming the first to win the world cup and gold at the olympics. And olympic competition is something hope knows all about. All ready earning olympic gold in 2008 and 2012 and heading into rio this National Team is ranked first in the world. These teams know that the in part thanks to hope playing a position she didnt like as a kid. Goal keepers were known to be the ones who were out of shape, who were not fit and who werent very good. But today shes changed how that position is played. Ive raised the bar and standard for playing your feet with a goal keeper. Turning this game into one of inches. I found a lot the inches of the game. Work thats made hope one of the best whos ever played. I expect more of myself day in and day out. As intense as ever, practicing under the sun and the lights so she can shine in rio and show the world its yet to see the best of hope solo. I feel like the world hasnt rod mackey will have more in sports later in rio. Well give you a highlight early, hope solo was amazing. And by the way, when matt interviewed hope solo, she loved your hair. We talked about hair for a good 15 minutes. Thats so funny, very funny. U. S. A. Basketball, all the topic of conversation here at olympic park, not for the reason that the gentlemen wish they were. The reports from tmc that a couple guys on the Team Brazilian brothel. They say they thought it was a spa and left immediately once they found out. Certainly you go accidentally to a brothel in brazil, you dont want the world talking about it. But you host a fantastic Opening Ceremony, you do want the world talking about it. I was riding in the elevator with a man and he said whatd you think about the opening . And he said i thought it was fantastic. Him. He says his is a country not necessarily known for attention to detail or a high standard. And he was worried that the Opening Ceremony would fall flat but he said these images just made him feel so good. He said i know that we have our issues and we have our struggles but the Opening Ceremony gave the brazilian people something to be very proud of. I thought that was an interesting perspective. It was u. S. A. Swimming has some final events tonight. Well be watching from here. I know youll be watching from there. You can expect big things if your swimmers like we do every olympics. Lets get that medal count going. Super exciting. I will say maybe the humidity in rio is making your hair a little extra plush. Yes, yes, it makes its just vibrant and large and flowing. You can see it from sugarloaf we know cheryl has the best hair here, matt. We see you rocking the team u. S. A. Jackets on facebook. Thats awesome. Those were fun. We got to wear Michael Phelps jacket at the Opening Ceremony. But we had to give it back. We got word into the news director were going to try to get the same thing with the 9 logo for everyone at the station and the 9 will light up. There we go. Thats what we need. We look forward to seeing continues to do throughout the next couple weeks. Spoiler alert, were going to share you the current medal counts that might include competition youre planning to watch later on. Again, spoiler alert, team u. S. A. Got the first gold of the