October storm brings strong winds, showers to Las Vegas

Las Vegas’ week started connected a windy note, arsenic temperatures dropped and Mount Charleston saw important snowfall for the archetypal clip this fall.

Wind gusts connected Monday reached 60 miles per hour, meteorologist Todd Lericos said. Power outages are imaginable and the upwind work warned drivers to ticker retired for fallen trees and powerfulness lines. A high-wind informing was successful effect successful the Las Vegas Valley and Mount Charleston done 5 a.m. Tuesday, the National Weather Service said.

5:00pm – Wind gusts 45 to 55 mph present rolling into the NW portion of the Las Vegas Valley adjacent Skye Canyon interchange. Use caution if driving. Winds volition support moving southbound implicit the vale the adjacent hour.#vegasweather

Some information courtesy of @EarthNetworks

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

The Clark County Department of Environment and Sustainability issued a particulate advisory for Monday due to the fact that of the precocious winds. The strategy is expected to determination eastbound connected Tuesday, and the particulate should commencement to dissipate arsenic the time goes on, Lericos said.

The particulate impacted visibility crossed the Las Vegas valley, including astatine McCarran International Airport, which said successful a tweet that beardown winds were affecting flights coming into Las Vegas.

Due to beardown winds, immoderate flights into LAS are being delayed. Weather issues are expected to proceed passim the day. Monitor your formation presumption with your hose oregon astatine https://t.co/U6MBjvvMhn#SoundOn #LVStripView pic.twitter.com/sEg3GLlQyi

— McCarran Airport (@LASairport) October 11, 2021

Snow started to autumn successful the Spring Mountains astatine astir 6 p.m., the upwind work said successful a tweet.

“Snow has begun connected the Spring Mountains!” the tweet stated. “Here we go. Snow is expected to proceed done tonight. Expect 2 to 5 inches of full snowfall supra 7000ft.”

6pm – Snow has begun connected the Spring Mountains! Here we go. Snow is expected to proceed done tonight. Expect 2 to 5 inches of full snowfall supra 7000ft.

Images courtesy of @LeeCanyonLV @LeeCanyon @AlertWildfire pic.twitter.com/YLHTtgv470

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

About 4" of snowfall measured truthful acold astatine 8,000 feet connected #MtCharleston.@NWSVegas pic.twitter.com/1RGj3qBgLn

— Mt. Charleston WX (@LeeCanyon) October 12, 2021

After an overnight debased of 52, the Las Vegas vale is expected to spot breezy conditions connected Tuesday with winds of 16 to 23 mph and gusts arsenic precocious arsenic 34 mph.

Tuesday’s forecast calls for a precocious of 65 and a debased of 57, Lericos said.

Temperatures volition proceed dropping connected Wednesday, erstwhile greeting temperatures could scope 48 degrees, Lericos said, earlier warming up the remainder of the week.

Mount Charleston besides had a wintertime winter advisory successful spot from 2 p.m. Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday successful the Sheep Range and Spring Mountains astatine 7,000 feet successful elevation and above. After a daytime precocious of 54, temperatures volition autumn to an overnight debased of 24 connected Mount Charleston with an 80 percent accidental of precipitation.

There could beryllium arsenic overmuch arsenic 4 inches of snow, the upwind work said, coupled with upwind gusts arsenic precocious arsenic 60 mph. Drivers should expect hazardous question conditions on precocious elevations successful Kyle and Lee Canyons owed to slippery roads and periods of debased visibility due to the fact that of blowing snow.

Sunny conditions volition instrumentality to the country connected Tuesday with a precocious of 43 degrees and an overnight debased of 26. Highs volition stay successful the precocious 40s to debased 50s for the remainder of the week with overnight lows hovering astir 30 degrees.

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