Thanksgiving Day brought rain showers throughout the Las Vegas Valley and dumped fresh snow on the Spring Mountains.
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Snow started to fall Wednesday morning as a winter storm moved into the Spring Mountains and Sheep Range near Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Valley could see snow this week as a major winter storm heads toward the Great Basin just in time for Thanksgiving, according to the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service expects rain in the Las Vegas Valley and snow for Mt. Charleston from Wednesday through Friday. That could impact holiday travelers.
The weekend forecast calls for sunny skies and high temperatures in the low 60s, close to the seasonal norms in the Las Vegas Valley.
Widespread rainfall late Tuesday and Wednesday — the first for the Las Vegas area in two months — led to water rescues, traffic tie-ups and power outages across the valley.
Wednesday’s high should drop to 61, with an 85 percent chance of rain that is expected to linger into Friday.
As for the amount of rain expected, “there’s still an awful lot of uncertainty,” said Clay Morgan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Warm weather in the Las Vegas Valley is expected to continue with sunny skies until a storm system from Southern California brings cooler conditions and chances for rain next week.
Temperatures about 10 degrees above normal will continue all week in the Las Vegas Valley.
Above normal temperatures will stick around this week in the Las Vegas Valley, according to the National Weather Service.
Skies will remain sunny and temperatures will stay about 6-8 degrees warmer than normal over the coming week in the Las Vegas Valley.
Wednesday’s weather in the Las Vegas Valley will be a carbon copy of Tuesday when an official high of 79 degrees was reached under sunny skies.
Sunday hit a high of 75 degrees, and temperatures were expected to jump up to 78 on Monday. After that, the week’s weather will only fluctuate by one degree, meteorologist Ashley Wolf said.
Sunny conditions are expected, with high temperatures closer to normal for this time of year. Highs are forecast in the mid 70s for next week.