Wave goodbye to our sunny and dry December, and say hello to clouds and much-needed rain.
A firehose of tropical moisture that has caused flooding in California is swinging south this week, bringing widespread showers to Southern Nevada.
The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for the Las Vegas Valley from 4 a.m. Christmas Eve through 4 a.m. Christmas morning, with rain starting late tonight and the rainfall expected for much of Wednesday.
The valley should see around an inch of rain, said Clay Morgan of the National Weather Service. He called this Pacific storm “very, very warm,” which is why only the highest elevations of the Spring Mountains will see snow. The Lee Canyon ski resort, whose base lodge is about 8,600 feet, may not see any snow at all.
