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LIVE Weather blog: winter storm impacts Colorado commuters Thursday morning

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Here are the winter weather road conditions throughout Colorado Springs as of 9 a.m. Thursday.
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WEATHER SYNOPSIS

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY is in effect from now through Thursday at 5 pm for the Wet Mountains and Sangre De Cristo Mountains. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY will be in effect from 2 am until 2 pm Thursday for Teller County, El Paso County, and Pueblo County.

Snow will be heaviest late on Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Expected accumulations by Thursday afternoon:

Read the latest forecast here.

LIVE BLOG (Last Update 9:00 AM)

ROAD CLOSURES

  • Per Colorado State Patrol: Deadly accident along Highway 115 just north of Penrose. Traffic is being diverted onto K Street. Northbound lanes are closed. The latest is here.
  • Per CSP: Crash SB I-25 south of Baptist Road, blocking the right lane.
  • Per CSPD: Crash on the Westbound MLK Bypass west of Union, vehicles in Median.
  • Per CSPD: The Street department working on WB Woodmen west of Rangewood. Lanes are blocked for icy and heavy slush conditions.
  • Per CDOT: Westbound Highway 24 closed following a crash just west of Woodland Park. Between Pennsylvania Avenue and Tranquil Acres Road.

Thursday, January 30th, 8:30 a.m. | The Colorado Springs Police Department is now on accident alert status. For more information on how to report accidents click here.

Thursday, January 30th, 8:00 a.m. | Closures continue to come in as more snow falls in the area. High winds affect visibility intermittently.

Thursday, January 30th, 6:30 a.m. |Peterson Space Force Base: 2 hour reporting delay at Schriever Space Force Base. Peterson and Cheyenne Mountain personnel will report on time. More delays and closures, 34 total at the moment.

Thursday, January 30th, 5:00 a.m. | Snowy and windy conditions start-up, Fountain police on accident alert status.

Wednesday, January 29th 9:55 p.m. | SB I-25 is back open between mile marker 11 and 0 to Raton Pass.

Wednesday, January 29th 8:30 p.m. | SB I-25 is currently closed over Raton Pass.

From CDOT, SB I-25 is closed due to weather conditions between Santa Fe Trail to New Mexico from mile marker 11 to 0.

WEATHER UPDATES

Thursday, January 30th, 11:15 AM. | Winter Alerts update:
*Winter Storm Warning (upgrade) issued for N. El Paso County including the Palmer Divide until 2:00 PM today. Avoid travel if able.
*ALL of southern Colorado along I-25 is under Winter Weather Advisories.

Thursday, January 30th, 10:25 AM. | Blizzard-like conditions right now in Cripple Creek.

Thursday, January 30th, 10:00 AM. | Visibility increasing west of I-25 in the Pikes Peak Region as drier air begins to mix into the storm. Winds remain very gusty. Heavy wind-driven snow occurring south of downtown up through Peyton.

Thursday, January 30th, 9:30 AM. | Heavy wind-driven snow is falling across the I-25 corridor. Snow rates are currently in the 1-1.5"/hr range. Here is the latest radar:

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Track this storm through the morning, including snow totals and updated forecasts, on the First Alert 5 Weather stream, which can be viewed on the KOAA News5 app for your Roku, FireTV, AppleTV or AndroidTV.

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