Monday, February 16, 2026

Fourth of July may very well be windy

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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Skies largely cleared by dawn after passing thunderstorms and transient in a single day downpours.

Sunny begin, doable afternoon t-storms yet another day

Drier, hotter, windy Fourth of July

Close to-normal temps for the vacation weekend

Scorching temps above 110 subsequent week

Lightning flashes, together with heavy rain, handed east of Las Vegas close to Lake Mead in a single day and rolled into northwest Arizona. Rain totals west of Kingman measured an inch or extra inside an hour. Temperatures will heat up extra rapidly at the moment with out the morning cloud cowl, reaching the higher 90s this afternoon.

Even with the sunny skies, the air continues to be fairly humid. The heating will assist cook dinner up probabilities for remoted thunderstorms yet another time earlier than this space of low stress lastly swirls east by tonight. Mohave and Lincoln Counties will stand one of the best possibilities of storms, however some might pop up for Clark County and convey some lightning, gusty winds, and transient heavy downpours. 

Friday, a wave of power brings robust southwest winds as much as 30 mph or stronger, which may very well be difficult for out of doors vacation enjoyable. Parades, BBQs, and fireworks might all be affected by the winds.

The drier winds may even choose up wildfire smoke from a bigger hearth southeast of San Luis Obispo, known as the Madre Hearth. It is 35,000+ acres with little containment. The smoke forecast exhibits a considerable amount of that smoke arriving in the course of the day into Friday evening. With the added fireworks smoke, it may very well be disagreeable for folks with respiratory points to be outdoors.

The weekend temps development hotter, getting again to regular low 100s. Then Mom Nature turns up the flame subsequent week with highs reaching 110 and above by midweek. Afternoon temps can be a couple of levels inside file territory.

Immediately: 98 Slight probability of afternoon thunderstorms

July 4th: 103 Sunny, drier, and windy

Saturday: 103 Sunny

Sunday: 106 Sunny and warmer

Monday: 108 Sunny and HOT

Tuesday: 109 Sunny and HOT

Wednesday: 111 Sunny and VERY HOT

Thursday: 112 Sunny and VERY HOT

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