Hopefully these bitterly cold temperatures didn't catch you by surprise. Hello winter in Kansas!! This has been a well advertised Arctic outbreak that will be around for a few days, and even after that, we will likely stay in the 20s and 30s for several days to come.
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| Snow is rare for the Mojave Desert |
And we are watching a storm system that is currently impacting the weather in Las Vegas. Monday morning, the temperature dropped to 30 degrees in Vegas, making it the first subfreezing temperature in 381 days. Now, tourists and residents of Las Vegas are bracing for highs in the 30s (yep, I know, bracing) with a chance to see some light snow. The last 1 inch of snow in Las Vegas was back in December of 2008.
Here is a bulletin posted from the National Weather Service. It's definitely worth a read:
NVZ020-301030-
LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
216 PM PST MON DEC 29 2014
...VERY UNUSUAL WEATHER IN LAS VEGAS FOR NEW YEAR`S EVE AND DAY...
NORMALLY SUNNY AND MILD LAS VEGAS IS EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE UNUSUAL
AND POTENTIALLY HISTORIC WEATHER FOR THE NEW YEAR`S EVE INTO NEW
YEAR`S DAY TIME PERIOD. A COLD AND SOMEWHAT MOIST STORM SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO PASS ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT BETWEEN TUESDAY NIGHT AND
NEW YEAR`S DAY BRINGING A VARIETY OF HIGH IMPACT WEATHER WITH TO LAS
VEGAS AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
MANY TOURISTS WHO COME TO LAS VEGAS MAY BE UNPREPARED FOR THE TRUE
WINTER-LIKE CONDITIONS THIS STORM COULD BRING WITH IT. TRAVEL
CONDITIONS COULD BE DIFFICULT - IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE - ON AREA ROADS
STARTING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO NEW YEAR`S DAY INCLUDING ON ROUTES TO
LAS VEGAS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHERN
ARIZONA AND SOUTHWEST UTAH. SNOW REMOVAL AND TREATMENT EQUIPMENT IS
VERY LIMITED IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY ITSELF. PARKING ON ROADS PUTS
YOUR VEHICLE AT RISK FOR BEING SLID INTO AND ALSO MAKES ACCESS ONTO
STREETS HARDER FOR VEHICLES THAT NEED TO GET THROUGH EVEN IF A MINOR
AMOUNT OF SNOW ONLY FALLS. IN ADDITION...ANY SNOW...EVEN IF IT DOES
NOT AMOUNT TO MUCH ACCUMULATION...WILL MAKE WALKWAYS AND SIDEWALKS
VERY SLIPPERY. WEARING SHOES WITH GOOD TRACTION IS RECOMMENDED TO
AVOID SLIP AND FALLS.
The same system over Las Vegas will begin moving toward Kansas at the end of the week. It's unlikely to produce much moisture around here, but some light snow could mix with some rain Saturday in south central Kansas. It shouldn't cause any major problems on the roads, and most of the moisture is going to end up south of Kansas in Oklahoma and Arkansas. So if you are traveling in those areas this weekend, be sure to check the conditions.
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| Storm system from Las Vegas will be moving toward Kansas late week |
Your New Years Day forecast around Kansas will be a chilly one as we work our way out of the deep freeze. We should have at least a little sunshine that will help get temperatures back into the 30s.
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