After a brief taste of winter and a return of snow, the Denver weather forecast returns to what the metro area has seen all winter - above normal temperatures and dry conditions.

Another round of snow expected tonight from the mountains through the eastern plains. Our commute Friday morning with the cold air solidly in place and the snow affecting driving coniditions.

Light snow across the Denver metro was expected to clear by mid-morning Friday, though near-freezing temperatures were expected to continue throughout the day. Meteorologist Kenley Bonner expected less than an inch of snow to accumulate across the city and suburbs Friday morning, with the foothills seeing as much as two inches of snowfall.

Denver's weather forecast includes sun, high winds, and an incoming snowfall with hazardous travel conditions expected.

Snow is expected to intensify Thursday evening in the Denver metro with a winter storm watch going into effect for portions of Elbert and Douglas Counties. Here's the latest timing and impacts.

Snow is forecast to start in Denver as early as 5 a.m. Thursday and continue until as late as 10 a.m. Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

Colorado's Elkhead and Park Mountains, along with the West Elk and Sawatch mountains are under Winter Weather Advisories through Friday morning for slick travel and snow accumulations ranging between 3 to 12 inches.

Here’s what the roads look like at 8 a.m. on Friday: Between Lincoln Avenue in Lone Tree and CO 7 in Thornton, the roads aren’t completely clear. I-25 in Denver is clearer, however, the roadway is still slick. If you’re heading into Denver from Highlands Ranch or Littleton, roads on U.S. 85 on Santa Fe Drive are slushy.

A second round of snow will come to an end this morning across I-25 corridor, but there are a few weather impacts with wet and slushy conditions reported across the metro.