LAS VEGAS — Showers turn widespread in Las Vegas during and after the noon hour, with passing thundershowers this afternoon. Southwest gusts will increase to 35-45 mph as the downpours soak the streets with a quick 0.10" to 0.20" of rain (pockets of heavier rainfall are possible). Temperatures in the low 60s will cool to the low 50s as the rain falls. Showers exit Las Vegas around sunset, but linger into the early evening in Moapa Valley, Mesquite, and Laughlin. In Las Vegas, this evening delivers southwest gusts of 25-35 mph, but west winds after midnight at 10-20 mph will calm under 10 mph by daybreak on Wednesday, when lows drop to near 40° near The Strip and the upper 30s in our cooler neighborhoods.
A Winter Storm Warning is in place for the Spring Mountains above 7,000 feet until 10:00 p.m., where 8" to 14" of snow is expected alongside southwest gusts of 45 to 55 mph with 60 mph gusts along the ridges. Snowfall at the peaks may approach 24", with the bulk falling from late morning through early evening.
Calm and dry weather is forecast Wednesday (mostly sunny and 55°), Thursday (thickening clouds and 59°), and Friday (mostly cloudy and 60°).
Our next round of showers (they look light at this point in time) arrives Saturday afternoon and lasts through Sunday and Monday, dropping daytime highs back to the upper 50s. Nighttime lows will be in the low 40s during this stretch.
