Streaming now at https://abc7chicago.com/watch/live/11064984/. A golden retriever explored the heavy snow central Colorado received on Thursday, March 14, as the National Weather Service (NWS) warned the region that more was on the way. Video shows golden retriever Scout exploring her yard in Douglas County on Thursday. Schools in the county were closed Thursday and would be closed again on Friday due to the heavy snow, the district said. The NWS warned that the Castle Rock area could expect wind gusts as high as 35 mph and snow accumulations up to 26 inches by Friday morning . The snow was expected to taper off late Thursday into Friday morning, the weather service said, warning that travel will be “very difficult to impossible” and scattered power outages were possible.