Douglas County bracing for more heavy snow as forecasters say another major storm could be on the way

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (KDVR) — Drivers south of Denver should brace for long and dangerous drives starting at night on Wednesday and possibly lasting through Friday.

Parts of the southern Denver metro and Palmer Divide are already dealing with a lot of snow that fell during a storm that started on Tuesday night and lasted into Wednesday morning.

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Now, some forecasts show the possibility of more snow on the way soon.

Due to the rough driving conditions on Interstate 25 on Wednesday, the Colorado Department of Transportation posted warnings on its highway signs that stated the commercial motor vehicles would need chains. There were also warnings that said ice and snow were packed onto I-25 creating dangerous driving conditions.

"Just a little bit. Just on this off-road in the back there. I noticed when I got on the main road I wasn't slipping as much," Castle Rock resident, R.J. Harvey, said after his car slid on the road.

Castle Rock and Douglas County said their plows are out clearing the roads.

FOX31 spoke with Ken St. John who told us plows worked on the street in front of his home in Castle Rock but still felt he needed to use his snow blower to make sure it didn't pile up too high.

"The idea is to get ahead of it, yeah. We had about 7 inches today and it's supposed to snow for the rest of the week," St. John said.

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In Monument Hill, a FOX31 camera captured a big rig with chains struggling to get out of a parking lot. Truck driver, Nigel Encinas of Denver, said he's not taking any chances as he put winter chains on his own rig.

"Definitely slower. Paying a lot more attention. Speed is everything and chains are a huge necessity for deep snow," Encinas said.

Elsewhere in Larkspur, FOX31 cameras captured a tow truck removing a car from I-25 involved in an accident.

Plenty of different weather-related instances have been seen on the roads south of the Denver metro and CDOT crews and plows are out doing what they can to try and make the roads as safe as possible knowing more snow is on the way.