It’s highly likely that the day before Christmas and Christmas Day will be dry in the Las Vegas Valley, according to the National Weather Service.
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Friday is forecast to be the last sunny day in Las Vegas before Christmas.
Highs in the low 60s are forecast all week before a weekend cooling trend enters the Las Vegas Valley.
With clouds increasing Saturday, a 10% chance of rain will develop after 4 p.m. The high will be near 61 with calms winds becoming about 5 mph.
Meteorologist Clay Morgan said there were no reports of flooding in the valley, but that there was lots of “ponding” in intersections and on the sides of roads across town.
Widespread rainfall late Tuesday and Wednesday — the first for the Las Vegas area in two months — led to water rescues, traffic tie-ups and power outages across the valley.
The tens of thousands of runners in Sunday’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon should have excellent weather conditions for Sunday’s race along the Las Vegas Strip.
Sunny skies, mild winds and high temperatures in the upper 80s are forecast for the Las Vegas Valley for the next week.
It will be a windy Saturday in much of Southern Nevada, according to the Las Vegas office of the National Weather Service.
McCarran International Airport got .24 inch of rain, the valley’s wettest day since May 10. Monday broke the record for the date, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Trevor Boucher.
Pleasant late-summer weather conditions will continue in the Las Vegas Valley in advance of a weekend warming trend.
Wednesday also saw brief showers that left trace amounts of rainfall throughout the valley, and there’s a 20 percent chance for rain overnight, meteorologist John Adair said.
Relief from a long week of excessive heat will likely arrive on Labor Day, says the National Weather Service.
The temperature reached 110 degrees Wednesday in the Las Vegas Valley, tying a record high for the date, and an excessive heat warning was extended into the weekend.
Temperatures slightly above normal will be accompanied by some gusty winds in the Las Vegas Valley this weekend.