Monsoon conditions expected to clear around Las Vegas
Portions of U.S. Highway 93 northeast of the Las Vegas Valley remain closed Thursday after flooding from rain on Wednesday night. To the south, state Route 164 was closed from Searchlight west to the California border, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
The McCarran International Airport weather station had not received measurable rainfall as of 10 p.m. About 0.16 inch of rain was measured near U.S. Highway 95 and state Route 157, the weather service said.
Meadview, Arizona, east of Lake Mead in Mohave County, Arizona, received up to 0.71 of an inch of rain from the storms, the weather service said.
Wind gusts reach 47 mph at Nellis Air Force Base and 46 mph at McCarran around 10 p.m. Wednesday, an outflow of story weather to the northeast, said meteorologist Morgan Stessman. Winds on Thursday may gust up to 21 mph.
Las Vegas is expected to stay dry and hover around 107 degrees Thursday through Saturday, dropping to a high of 104 on Sunday.
There is a 10% chance of rain Saturday and Sunday, Stessman said.
McCarran has received 0.20 of an inch this week after receiving just a trace the entire monsoon season a year ago.
Contact Marvin Clemons at mclemons@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Marv_in_Vegas on Twitter.
