Warm and sunny today before unsettled weather arrives this weekend
Unsettled weather arrives for the weekend bringing cooler temperatures and wet weather back to the forecast.
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Callie started interning at Aurora Channel 8 when she was a junior at Ponderosa High School. Callie's first job out of school was at KBCI in Boise, Idaho. From Boise, Callie traded in her hiking boots for flip-flops and moved to Florida to work for WWSB. However, home was calling and after a year Callie moved back to Denver to work at a competitor. Callie also shifted gears for a time from broadcast news into non-scripted television and worked as a producer at High New Entertainment and Double Act Entertainment. Her strong background in editorial storytelling, writing, and shooting allowed for a seamless transition into producing and directing various projects for Travel Channel, Discovery, Weather Channel, HGTV and Animal Planet.
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Callie feels it's her love of the outdoors that allows her to connect with CBS Colorado viewers in her weather forecasts, because she knows how important the weather is if you are planning a hike or if you have an afternoon soccer practice.
Callie lives in Golden with her husband, Joe, their son, Colin, their daughter, Cameron and a golden retriever named Miley.
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Hobbies: Paddleboarding, running, hiking, camping, skiing, snowshoeing, swimming, biking and scuba diving
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Number of siblings: two brothers and one sister
Number of pets: 1 - Golden retrieve named Miley
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Favorite vacation spot: Portugal
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Unsettled weather arrives for the weekend bringing cooler temperatures and wet weather back to the forecast.
Today will be mostly sunny to start with clouds increasing this afternoon.
The Rocky Mountain Showdown rivalry game between Colorado State and Colorado will get underway in Fort Collins at Canvas Stadium tonight at 5:30. Weather conditions will be sunny and warm with temperatures in the upper 80s.
Thanks to a cold front, daytime high temperatures will drop by about ten degrees today. The Front Range will be in the low 80s with the mountain in the 70s.
With the combination of gusty southerly winds and low relative humidity, a Red Flag Warning is in effect from noon today until 8 p.m. this evening.
Fire danger levels will rise in Colorado as winds kick up, humidity drops and temperatures climb into the low 90s. As a result of this weather change, Thursday will be a First Alert Weather Day.
Wednesday will not be as warm with daytime highs in the upper 80s.There's a chance for showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.
Labor Day will be hot and sunny for the Front Range.
So far, we have had 53 days in Colorado this year with daytime highs of 90 degrees or above. The record is 75 days with daytime highs of 90 degrees or above, which was set in 2020.
Hotter-than-normal weather will dominate the forecast across Colorado on Tuesday and for many more days, but more seasonal temperatures are in the extended forecast.
A cold front that will move through Colorado overnight will bring cooler air and widespread rain showers.
A First Alert Weather Day continues because of the unhealthy air quality due to both local and out-of-state wildfire smoke.
After experiencing record breaking heat Friday and Sunday, we start the week with slightly "cooler" temperatures in the mid 90s.
A heat advisory is now in place in Colorado, and high temperatures in the triple digits are expected.
Dangerous heat will arrive starting Thursday across the Front Range and the state.