Chilly Las Vegas weekend expected before warming toward Christmas
Chilly weather will stay in the Las Vegas Valley though the weekend, says the National Weather Service.
The Saturday high should be near 50, which was the high on Friday. The sky is expected to cloud up during the day while winds should stay below 5 mph.
A Sunday morning low of 35 is forecast before rising to near 52 with mostly sunny skies and nearly calm winds. Temperatures should gradually warm a few degrees each day next week before reaching around 64 on Friday, says the forecast.
Lake Mead creeping up
Lake Mead measured 1,043.65 feet above sea level at 7 p.m. Friday, a rise of about 8 inches since Dec. 1 when it was at 1,042.97 feet. The 2022 high for the lake was 1,067.32 feet on Jan. 25.
The lake has risen during winter in each of the past five years. That rise might be curtailed this winter because the Bureau of Reclamation has reduced the amount of water it is releasing from Lake Powell in an effort to keep it deep enough for Glen Canyon Dam to keep producing power.
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