Snow falls on Mount Charleston; rain moving out of Las Vegas Valley

By ROCHEL LEAH GOLDBLATT LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

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Scott Kahn walks his dog, Zazu, through the golden aspen tress and the first snow of the year on Wednesday in Kyle Canyon on Mount Charleston. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A herd of deer seems perplexed by the first snow of the year in Kyle Canyon on Mount Charleston on Wednesday. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Golden aspen trees and fresh snow are seen in Kyle Canyon on Mount Charleston on Wednesday. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Mount Charleston Cabins’ employee Vic Jones shovels the first snow of the year in Kyle Canyon on Mount Charleston on Wednesday. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fresh snow rests upon mailboxes in Kyle Canyon on Mount Charleston after a storm moved through on Wednesday. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fresh snow piles up in still blooming flowers Wednesday in Kyle Canyon on Mount Charleston. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Tawny Shoemaker of Las Vegas dons a hat to keep warm while watching a street artist perform Wednesday at the Fremont Street Experience. “I’m a little weather confused,” she said, referring to the shorts she was wearing with her coat and hat. (Jessica Ebelhar/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Morning clouds linger along the cliffs of Red Rock National Conservation Area on Thursday morning in this view from Seastrand Park in North Las Vegas. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Chilly air crept into Las Vegas overnight, along with rain in the valley and snow on Mount Charleston.

“We had an early-season storm move through,” National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Stumpf said of the overcast weather Thursday morning. “It’s going to be pretty chilly.”

Some places outside of the valley got a half inch of rain, but most of the area got only a trace.

No more rain is expected until late next week. Clouds covering the city Thursday will stick around until late afternoon, and the high temperature for the day will be 66 degrees, Stumpf said.

Friday will see slightly higher temperatures of 73 degrees and Saturday will warm up to about 77 degrees.

The snowfall on Mount Charleston is the first significant amount this season, and the earliest that 5 to 6 inches have fallen on the mountain since 1980, according to the weather service.

The Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort reported that they received seven inches of snow at the resort and it is the earliest significant snowfall there since 2009, and more snow is expected to fall over the next few days.

If conditions permit, the resort will open earlier than its scheduled Nov. 29 opening.

Contact reporter Rochel Leah Goldblatt at rgoldblatt@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0264.