Two people suffered from heat exhaustion in the Las Vegas area.
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Two people suffered from heat exhaustion in the Las Vegas area.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 25, 7:58 PM PST, 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 858 PM PDT FRI SEP 25 2015 .SYNOPSIS...DRY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE HOLDS OVER THE SOUTHWEST REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL LOWER SEVERAL DEGREES TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WHEN A TROUGH MOVES INLAND ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN. && .UPDATE...HIGH AND TO A LESSER EXTENT MID-LEVEL CLOUDS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. THESE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW AND TOMORROW EVENING LIKELY ENHANCING SOMEWHAT OFF THE TERRAIN. THE SKY GRIDS WERE ADJUSTED UP THROUGH THIS PERIOD, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE I-15 CORRIDOR FROM BARSTOW TO MESQUITE. THE REST OF THE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AND NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE AT THIS TIME. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... ISSUED AT 235 PM PDT FRI SEP 25 2015 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE DRY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE REGION REMAINS ON THE BACK SIDE OF A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST UP TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. LIMITED MID LEVEL MOISTURE WAS NOTICEABLE AS SCATTERED FAIR WEATHER CUMULUS/ALTO CUMULUS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF THE REGION. SATELLITE LOOPS SHOWED ANOTHER TONGUE OF MID TO HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST AND THIS WILL BE PULLED UP OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND PROVIDING SOME GENERALLY SCATTERED CLOUDS WHICH MAY PROVIDE OCCASIONAL BREAKS FROM THE SUN. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A PRONOUNCED WARM LAYER BETWEEN 700 MB AND 500 MB SO THERE IS NO CONCERN OF CONVECTION. HIGH TEMPS SHOULD LOWER A DEGREE OR SO EACH DAY BUT REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL. .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT MONDAY SHOWING LARGE HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST MEXICO AND LOW PRESSURE WELL WEST OF SAN FRANCISCO...SPELLING DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW FOR OUR AREA WITH TEMPERATURES STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE END OF SEPTEMBER. MODEL DIVERGENCE BEGINS ON TUESDAY AND ACCELERATES TO THE POINT OF SPAGHETTI WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING HOW TO HANDLE THE OFFSHORE LOW. SOME MODELS ARE WEAKENING THE LOW AND DRAGGING THE REMNANT TROUGH AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIDGE...WHILE OTHERS MAINTAIN A STRONGER LOW WHICH SITS OFFSHORE LONGER. VERY FEW PERTURBATIONS WOULD SUGGEST ANY PRECIP CHANCES FOR OUR AREA...SO HAVE KEPT THE FORECAST DRY THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE WIND AND TEMPERATURES. WITH NO COMPELLING REASON TO CHOOSE ONE SOLUTION OVER THE OTHERS...HAVE KEPT BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE AFTERNOONS AND A SLOW DOWNWARD TREND IN TEMPERATURES /BUT STILL REMAINING ABOVE NORMAL FOR EARLY OCTOBER/. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...SOUTHEAST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH GUSTS AROUND 15 KNOTS. TYPICAL LIGHT SOUTH- SOUTHWEST WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. GENERALLY SCATTERED CLOUDS AOA 12K FEET WILL LINGER THROUGH SATURDAY. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...MAINLY LIGHT WINDS FAVORING TYPICAL DIURNAL TRENDS ARE EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY. FEW CLOUDS AROUND 12K FEET IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EARLY EVENINGS WITH A CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT. && .CLIMATE...LAS VEGAS MAY ALSO SEE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES REACHED OVER THE WEEKEND. THE VALUES BELOW ARE THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUMS FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. 9/26 74/2008 9/27 78/2008 && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && UPDATE...STACHELSKI SHORT TERM/AVIATION...ADAIR LONG TERM...MORGAN CLIMATE...STACHELSKI FOR MORE FORECAST INFORMATION...SEE US ON OUR WEBPAGE: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS OR FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
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