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We know it could be much colder for this time of the year. 58 officially out at the airport. In a morning in october you see a lot of our microclimates in our state, a few 30s and 40s and chilly spots in the high country. On the eastern plains, same deal, 49 out at limon. A few cool spots out there. In the metro area, mostly 50s a few places along and near the front range foothills have low 60s, 54. 61 in thornton, 66 in dacona so hanging on to warmth that way. 51 degrees from joy jordan and bennett in parker has 56 degrees this morning. The big story this weekend is in the Pacific Northwest. ...

Thats near rampart reservoir. There are evacuations due to a Massive Wildfire in southern colorado called the junkins fire. Already more than 13,000 acres have burned there. Hundreds of homes are threatened. Its burning near west cliff, southwest of pueblo. That shows you right there, we have Team Coverage at 5 00. Meteorologist Lauren Whitney tracking the dangerous fire conditions. Want to start though with matt. Those flames really t this morning. In a matter of 12 hours we went from a grass fire about an acre to 13,300 acres. It exploded here behind me outside of the town of west cliff. Eva...

Mike and his dog were out for a walk near the nether land home. When he stumbled upon an abandoned mine. Falling. 40 feet down the shaft below. There with two skid marks over the edge of the snow. The dog injured his back leg. And under went surgery. But survived. That mine has since b sealed off to make sure no one else falls again. It could have been a kid that fell in. Back in the late 18 hundreds. There were thousands of these small Mining Operations across the state. But today only a handful are still in operation. Which is why so much work is being done to close them to the public. The C...

Wind definitely is not helping the firefighters. Red flag warnings are in effect for much of our state. Danielle grant is in the weather center. Some places have been gusts up to 60 mailings an hour. They have been unruly and unfortunately this is what we were imagining happening this afternoon with the strong winds out there and tinder dry conditions. We see wildfires spark up like that. Wind gusts 30 mileperhour in longmont, 60 mile the cheyenne ridge, fort morgan 62 mileperhour wind speeds and 20s and 30s in the denver metro area. These winds will weaken heading towards this afternoon furth...

Being. Once the sun comes up around a quarter after 7 00, well see mostly sunny skies. Upper level weather disturbance that will roll over the state today. Were seeing a couple of rain and snow showers in the northwest corner of the state up near meeker to the west of steamboat springs. As that system rolls in, clouds will be on the increase. As we go through the day well see more cloud cover. Temperatures, highs in the 60s. By tonight theres a chance for seeing some rain for denver and we really need it. Hopefully well see something tonight. Well talk more about that, break down the timing co...