Expect chilliness to remain in LV Valley
It will continue to be chilly for the next couple of days, but Las Vegas area residents can expect clearer skies and gradually warming temperatures through New Year's Day.
"We're not expecting any precipitation," said Andrew Gorelow of the National Weather Service.
That will be a change from the unusually wet Christmas bestowed upon the area.
Mount Charleston received 14 inches of snow on Thursday, making the storm total 18 inches, Gorelow said.
Precipitation in the valley was actually pretty light. McCarran International Airport, the weather service's official monitoring site, recorded 0.13 inches of rain, Henderson had 0.08 inches, and the North Las Vegas Airport had 0.10 inches.
Still, precipitation is above normal, 1.15 inches in December. The normal is just under half an inch.
On Friday afternoon, state Routes 157 and 156 into Kyle and Lee canyons in the Spring Mountains were listed as requiring snow chains by the Nevada Department of Transportation. Temperatures up there were expected to dip into the single digits Friday night.
Through the weekend in the valley, partly cloudy skies are expected with highs in the high 40s to low 50s and low temperatures from 33 to 36 degrees.
Next week, sunny skies are expected with lows in the lower 40-degree range and highs in the upper 50s.
