Colorado school closures: Classes canceled Friday as snow continues to pile up across the metro

Published: Mar 13, 2024 Duration: 00:02:47 Category: News & Politics

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>> MICAH SMITH: THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR DENVER. 7 NEWS AT ONE ON THIS WEATHER ACTION DAY. I'M MICAH SMITH AND I'M JACLYN ALLEN. OUR EXTENDED WEATHER COVERAGE CONTINUES RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE TRACKING DENVER'S BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN 3 YEARS. TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. THE SNOW HAS BEEN COMING DOWN ALL MORNING LONG AND THERE IS STILL MORE ON THE WAY. SO MANY OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE OUT IN THE FIELD THIS MORNING. IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, WE'LL CHECK IN WITH CREWS IN THE FOOT HILLS DOWNTOWN, SOUTH OF THE METRO AND THE AIRPORT. WE ARE EVERYWHERE. BUT FIRST, LET'S GO TO METEOROLOGIST EVIL DOWN WITH THE VERY LATEST ON ALL OF THIS SNOW COMING DOWN. LOOK AT THAT. THERE'S A LOT OF BLUE BEHIND YOU THERE. >> YEAH, AS YOU SAID, WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THE SNOW BY ANY MEANS ANYTIME SOON. IN FACT, RADAR SHOWING YOU WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LOW EARLIER TODAY, BUT THAT MOISTURE IS MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHEAST. END. MOST OF THE DENVER METRO RIGHT NOW SEE THOSE STEADY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. THAT WILL BE THE CASE AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT A COUPLE HOURS. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF MOISTURE COMING IN FROM THE NORTHEAST BASICALLY COMING IN FROM THE AREA OF KANSAS. AND I WANT ZOOM IN RIGHT NOW. SHOW YOU IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF SNOW A LITTLE EARLIER TODAY. BUT STARTING TO FILL IN RIGHT NOW, THIS IS UP TOWARDS THE GREELEY AREA. WE HAVE SOME DRY CONDITIONS AND THEN IT SWITCHED OVER A LITTLE BIT TO RAIN. BUT THE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING. SO ALL SNOW RIGHT NOW. AND AGAIN, SOME OF THAT SNOW MAY BE ON THE HEAVY TO MODERATE SIDE AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS AND ALSO SOME OF THE SNOW. BUT HEAVY BANDS MOVING DOWN TOWARDS PARKER CASTLE ROCK HERE. THAT'S WHERE WE SAW SOME OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW A LITTLE EARLIER TODAY AND ALSO RIGHT ALONG THE HILLSIDE. SO THAT MOISTURE SLAMMING AGAINST THE HILLSIDE AND KIND OF KIND OF MILKING OUT THAT MOISTURE. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SOME THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE HILLSIDES OUT THERE. AND AGAIN, HIGHLANDS RANCH AREA SOUTH DOUGLAS COUNTY SEEING SOME OF THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL TOTALS AND PRETTY MUCH STEADY SNOW RIGHT NOW. ALL ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM FORT COLLINS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA. TAKE A LOOK AT THE SNOWFALL TOTALS. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 32.8 INCHES IN IDAHO SPRING. SO A LOT OF THESE AREAS SEEM TO ALMOST 3 FEET OF SNOW POSSIBLE AS BEFORE ALL IS SAID AND DONE. AND THAT'S GOING TO ADD UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. IN FACT, YOU CAN SEE AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING HOURS, THE STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE RIGHT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SO IT'S GOING TO BE ADDING TO THOSE SNOWFALL TOTALS AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR FRIDAY. NOW, COMING UP, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE SNOW TOTALS. AND WHEN THE SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE ITS WAY OUT OF OUR AREA. THAT'S ALL COMING UP A LITTLE BIT LATER. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, STEVEN. SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ALREADY CANCELING CLASSES FOR TOMORROW BECAUSE OF THIS WEATHER. THAT INCLUDES THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CHERRY CREEK SCHOOLS. WE HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE DISTRICTS ANNOUNCING CLOSURES OR DELAYS JUST HEAD TO DENVER, 7 DOT COM FOR THAT FULL LIST. WE'LL KEEP UPDATED AS MORE CLOSURES ARE NOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY. >> WE HAVE SOME NEW INFORMATION RIGHT NOW FROM CDOT ABOUT A POTENTIAL I-25 CLOSURE. THIS IS GETTING SERIOUS, THEY BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT STORM TRACK AND JUST HOW MUCH SNOW WE'RE EXPECTED TO GET. THEY ANTICIPATE CLOSING. I-25 FOR SAFETY THIS

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