A storm arriving from the Pacific Ocean will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms to the Las Vegas Valley today, according to the National Weather Service. Meteorologist Sam Meltzer said the valley should start feeling the effects after sunrise, with a 70 percent chance of rain that decreases to 50 percent by the afternoon. Skies are expected to clear by evening, and the system should drop less than a quarter-inch of rain.
Today's high is forecast at 73 degrees, with the overnight low dropping into the upper 50s. That daytime high is several degrees below the late-October average in the upper 70s. Friday is expected to be dry for most of the area, though strong winds Thursday and Friday have prompted a dust advisory from the Clark County Division of Air Quality.
The incoming system arrives less than two weeks after the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel dumped record-setting rainfall on the valley. Harry Reid International Airport recorded 1.19 inches of rain this month as of Tuesday, well above the October average of 0.32 inches. The wettest October on record remains 2005, when 1.45 inches fell.
As of Tuesday, the airport had measured 2.18 inches of rain for the year, compared to the normal year-to-date total of 3.31 inches through mid-October. Before this month, Las Vegas had received about an inch of rain in 2019; the city averages about 4 inches annually. Official record-keeping began in 1937.
Sources: Las Vegas Review-Journal
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