LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The primary Monday of Could began with early morning showers and cooler temperatures. Many of the rainfall, lower than a .10 of an inch, was on the west aspect of the valley.
This got here on the heels of an already moist weekend with rain totals as much as .25 inches round valley neighborhoods.
This is some bullet factors for the week forward:
Passing showers & thunderstorms Monday
Highs simply reaching the higher 60s
Drier by the week & hotter
Warmth wave for Mother’s weekend – highs close to 100
Doable thunderstorms are anticipated all through Monday with cooler air creating instability. Storms will create sturdy gusty outflow winds and transient heavy downpours. Highs will solely attain the cool higher 60s this afternoon.
The Nationwide Climate Service in Las Vegas exhibits a map the place precipitation is anticipated. Las Vegas has an 81 p.c likelihood of rain. (Credit score: NWS/Las Vegas)
This low atmospheric stress will hover over the desert on Monday earlier than transferring east on Tuesday and into Wednesday. A slight likelihood of remoted thunderstorms on Tuesday ought to be the final of this disturbance earlier than a fast warm-up is anticipated for Mom’s Day weekend.
Highs will climb steadily into the 80s once more by Wednesday, with higher 80s on Thursday. A ridge of excessive stress builds shortly to accentuate temperatures for the upcoming weekend. Highs will zoom to the higher 90s by Saturday and Mom’s Day Sunday! Make some cool plans to have fun Mother; many individuals will likely be caught off-guard with the early arrival of extra-hot temps at the least 10 levels above regular. Highs cool again to mid-80s probably as quickly as Monday, which implies breezy to gusty winds with a chilly entrance.
As we speak: 67 Showers with attainable thunderstorms
Tuesday: 77 Remoted thunderstorms
Wednesday: 84 Sunny
Thursday: 88 Sunny
Friday: 93 Sunny
Saturday: 97 Sunny & scorching
Mom’s Day: 98 Sunny & scorching
Monday: 86 Sunny & windy
