Drier Conditions to Return to Las Vegas Homes

Hot temperature is climbing back to Las Vegas homes as drier air of around 100 degrees
are on its way to the whole community. The drier air will continue to steadily move
to the east part today giving a slight chance of thunderstorms in Northern
Lincoln County and Mohave County as well, said the weather service.

But moisture will then begin its movement
to shift back to west from Thursday to Friday with thunderstorm chances will
spread all over the area at least by Saturday, forecasters said.

Forecasters also said that high
temperatures will be at its near normal levels through Friday.

Temperature highs today are expected to
range from 95 degrees on the west side of the valley while on the east side
temperatures will be much higher at about 104 degrees, forecasters said.

The temperature in McCarran International
Airport was at 83 degrees which was recorded at around 5:56 a.m. the normal low
for today’s date is at 79 degrees while the record low for the date was at 63
degrees which was set in 1944.

Meanwhile, just before the 6 a.m. mark, temperatures
recorded around the valley were: North Las Vegas Airport- 81 degrees; Henderson
Executive Airport- 81 degrees; and Nellis Air Force Base- 81 degrees.

Temperatures at McCarran were said to rise
today at 89 degrees by 9 in the morning to 98 degrees in noon time and reach a
high of 102 degrees by 3 in the afternoon, forecasters said. The normal
temperature high for today’s date is 104 degrees and the record high was set at
115 degrees in 1943.

Although the heat will be on during the
early afternoon in Las Vegas homes,
temperatures are expected to cool off a bit and to drop at 100 degrees by 6
p.m. to 95 degrees at 9 p.m. and as the midnight comes, it will drop to 90
degrees, forecasters said.

The temperature low for Thursday will be at
83 degrees and Thursday’s high will reach 103 degrees in Las Vegas homes.