Dangerous winter storm forecast to blow into Las Vegas region Tuesday

Southern Nevada residents and visitors should acquisition a chilly but calm Monday earlier a perchance unsafe Tuesday tempest is forecast to bring wind, rainfall and snowfall to the region.

A Monday precocious adjacent 60 is forecast with airy winds, says the National Weather Service.

Gusty winds volition dispersed eastward connected Tuesday, impacting overmuch of the Mojave Desert and Northwestern Arizona. Combined with the expected rain, it'll beryllium an unpleasant day! Look retired for crosswinds and longer question times to your destinations. #cawx #azwx #nvwx pic.twitter.com/QRSpqdDx9W

— NWS Las Vegas (@NWSVegas) December 12, 2021

Conditions volition alteration aboriginal Tuesday. Scattered showers are a 30 percent accidental aft 4 a.m.

A upwind advisory covers the full portion for 24 hours starting astatine 4 a.m. portion a wintertime tempest informing is retired for the Spring Mountains and Sheep Range.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph, dense rainfall and up to a ft of snowfall are forecast.

Travel warnings

The wintertime tempest could make precise hazardous question successful the mountains and elsewhere, meteorologist Trevor Boucher said.

“There’s a precise bully accidental we could spot a 4th connected an inch of rainfall crossed ample portions of the vale and up to a ft of snowfall successful the mountains supra 7,000 feet with 4 to 8 inches supra 5,000 feet,” Boucher said.

The tempest should permission the country aboriginal Wednesday erstwhile a precocious adjacent 51 is forecast.

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