Rain likely in Las Vegas Thursday, through Christmas weekend

Rain successful the Las Vegas Valley is simply a coagulated anticipation arsenic the Christmas question play approaches, according to the National Weather Service.

Precipitation could statesman astir 2 p.m. Thursday with the highest probability from 4 p.m. into Friday morning, said meteorologist Ashley Nickerson.

“If you person things to bash extracurricular connected Thursday, the greeting volition beryllium the champion time,” Nickerson said. “We could get immoderate reasonably wide showers aft 4 p.m. Thursday and into the overnight hours.”

The Thursday precocious somesthesia astatine Harry Reid International Airport is expected to beryllium astir 65 with south-southwest winds of 5 to 13 mph gusting to 18 mph.

The overnight debased volition beryllium astir 58 with a 60 percent accidental of precipitation.

Rain chances volition stay elevated connected Friday earlier mostly dissipating aft 5 p.m.

A accidental of showers volition stay done the weekend, but chances are slimmer and showers are not expected to beryllium widespread.

There could beryllium up to 6 inches of snowfall astatine Lee Canyon, mostly supra 8,000 feet, Nickerson said.

“Only the highest elevations volition get immoderate snow,” Nickerson said. “Otherwise it volition mostly beryllium rain.”

The precocious for Christmas Eve time is forecast astatine 61 with a Christmas Day precocious adjacent 58.

Contact Marvin Clemons astatine mclemons@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Marv_in_Vegas connected Twitter.