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LIVE UPDATES: Snow, cold forces districts to close, delay school on Thursday

Click or tap here for a list of school closings and delays.

There are multiple highway closures across the state. Click or tap here for a complete list.

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Update 9:53 a.m.

Many school districts and closed or on a delay. Here’s the complete list.

Update 9:10 a.m.

In a tweet, the Denver airport said it expects light snow to fall until late morning, adding, “Thanks to our snow crews and the flight crews who make snow look like no biggie.”

Update 8:45 a.m.

Denver is no longer in a Wind Chill Advisory.

Update 7:42 a.m.

This latest snowstorm left more than a foot of snow in the northern and central mountains. Read more here.

Update 6:25 a.m.

A chilly Denver morning is forecast to become milder as Thursday is expected to see partly sunny skies with a high near 31 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.

Wind chill values are expected to be -10 degrees with relatively light winds in the morning, the weather service says.

A Wind Chill Advisory is set to end at 8 a.m. Thursday.

Friday’s forecast, however, calls for warmer conditions with a high near 53 degrees.

Update 6:18 a.m.

Mountain snow is expected to continue through this evening, the National Weather Service in Boulder says. Winter Storm Warnings and Advisories are in effect for the mountains and valleys. Wind Chill Advisories remain in effect for parts of the plains, foothills and urban corridor.

Update 6:05 a.m.

I-70 will be closed between exits 176 (Vail) and 195 (Leadville) at 1 p.m. today for winter maintenance operations. Click or tap here for the latest highway closures and delays.

Update 5:09 a.m.

The Boulder Valley School District is on a 2-hour delay Thursday morning.

School buses will pick up students two hours later than usual and schools will begin classes two hours later than usual. Morning preschool and before school childcare are canceled.

Update 4:55 a.m.

This tweet is from the Wyoming State Patrol, but road conditions in Colorado are much the same this morning.

Several school districts across the Front Range have either cancelled or delayed school on Thursday as a winter storm system moves across the state.

While Denver is forecast to receive between 3 and 4 inches of snow overnight, the storm system is expected to drop wind chill temperatures to as low as -6 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.

Because of the hazardous conditions, Adams County School District 14 canceled school on Thursday, while the Douglas County School District announced its 89 schools will be delayed 90 minutes.

No classes will be held at any Adams 14 school in-person or virtually, the district said. In addition, all school- and district-sponsored activities will be postponed and no meals will be served at the schools on Thursday.

In a letter sent to parents Wednesday, the district said it made the decision “out of an abundance of caution related to both weather conditions and associated attendance challenges further affected by the pandemic.”

Adams 14 consists of 13 schools serving residents of Commerce City, just north of downtown Denver.

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In Douglas County, while many classes will be delayed on Thursday, morning preschool and half-day kindergarten classes have been canceled, according to the district.

Bus service will continue on Thursday, but will also be delayed 90 minutes. So students whose bus normally picks them up at 7:05 a.m. will be picked up at 8:35 a.m.

In Douglas County, buses will continue to run on Thursday, but will show up to stops 90 minutes later than normal, according to the district.

Grounds, maintenance and building engineers for both districts still need to report to work during their regularly scheduled hours on Thursday, the district said.

All remaining Adams 14 district employees will work remotely.

FILE PHOTO: Adams County School District 14. (CBS)
FILE PHOTO: Adams County School District 14. (CBS)


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