Clouds will increase Friday and winds will escalate from 9-14 mph in the morning to gusts up to 20 in the afternoon. Skies will be partly cloudy Friday night.
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Mother Nature delivered travel obstacles in Southern Nevada on Friday, with Christmas only a few days away.
The airport unofficially reached 100 degrees by 8:45 a.m. Satuday and rose to 115 just at 2:30 p.m. as the heat streak boils on. The record for the date was 114 in 1937.
Las Vegas may set a record for consecutive days below 100 next week, says the weather service.
Highs mostly in the 80s will make it a great weekend for outdoor activities, according to the National Weather Service forecast.
Sunshine and highs in the mid-60s will follow a cloudy Thursday in the Las Vegas Valley, according to the forecast.
Airport arrival delays exceeded more than two hours while wind gusts around 50 mph and blowing dust covered the Las Vegas Valley for more than a dozen hours Saturday.
Clark County will open cooling stations Friday morning to help people cope with the excessive heat.
Rain and snow at higher elevations touched most of Southern Nevada on Friday, ranging from a trace at the Las Vegas airport to 0.59 of an inch at Rainbow and Kyle canyons.