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A snowstorm is impacting the Front Range and Denver metro area Friday morning. A Winter Storm Warning includes Denver and the majority of the metro area, running through 8 a.m. Friday.
The 9NEWS Weather Impact Team has issued a Weather Impact Alert for Friday morning. School districts across Colorado have announced closures and delays on Friday.
This significant metro area snowstorm dropped six or more inches of accumulation on much of the metro area. The snow will come to a close quickly Friday morning and many areas will be sunny by noon.
Colorado saw a sharp gradient in snow totals, with the airport likely to come in with less than an inch of total snow, while parts of the southwest metro will wind up with as much as 20 inches of snowfall.
Once the sun comes out, it's not going away anytime soon. Highs will spike to around 40° on Friday, and then we'll top out in the low 50s on Saturday and the 60s for Sunday and into most of next week. This snow won't last very long before it melts off.
We'll be watching for a couple of bouts of wind for next week, but otherwise, the warmth and drier weather are our main stories across the state over the next few days.