The warmest day of the year so far led to a possible heat exhaustion case.
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The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
The warmest day of the year so far led to a possible heat exhaustion case.
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 May 4, 2:12 PM PST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 312 PM PDT WED MAY 4 2016 .SYNOPSIS... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS ONCE AGAIN TO PARTS OF THE AREA ON THURSDAY. MOISTURE INCREASES THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM...THROUGH SATURDAY. GUSTY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE AREA, WITH WIDESPREAD GUSTS IN THE 30S SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TOMORROW ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA (MOHAVE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES). WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME...WITH NO CHANGES MADE TO THE ADVISORY FOR LINCOLN AND MOHAVE COUNTIES TOMORROW. AS THE LOW COMES ONSHORE THURSDAY NIGHT, MOISTURE SHOULD BE ON THE INCREASE. A JET STREAK ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE TROUGH WILL BE NOSING UP THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY..PROVIDING LIFT AND SHEAR FROM ABOUT THE MOJAVE PRESERVE NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. LIFTED INDEX VALUES OF AROUND -3C WILL SUPPORT THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT FOR THAT REGION. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE ENTERING THE WESTERN CWA WITH PLENTY OF UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOHAVE CLARK AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. LIFTED INDEX VALUES OF -3C TO -5C AND BULK SHEAR AROUND 30 KNOTS...EXPECT PLENTY OF THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL..ESPECIALLY NEAR ANY MID-LEVEL DRYING OR SHORTWAVES ROTATING THROUGH THE LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW SLOWLY TRAVERSES THE AREA...WITH MORE EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES KEEPING AT LEAST ISOLATED TO SCATTER SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WE SHOULD START TO EXPERIENCE A SLIGHT DRYING TREND FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ON SUNDAY AND EVEN MORE SO ON MONDAY, AS THE UPPER LOW SLIDES FROM SOUTHERN UTAH TO NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND UPPER RIDGING ARRIVES FROM THE WEST. EVEN THOUGH LOWER-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LIKELY REMAIN ACROSS SOME AREAS TUESDAY AND PERHAPS INTO WEDNESDAY, SOUNDINGS INDICATE ENOUGH WARMING ALOFT TO CAP ANY CONVECTION. THE TEMPERATURE ROLLER COASTER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD, AS WE GO FROM 5-10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY TO ABOVE NORMAL WEDNESDAY IF NOT TUESDAY. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SOME AS WINDS TURN TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PICK UP AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 25KTS THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS EXPECTED. ON FRIDAY...AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAINSHOWERS AND LOWER CEILINGS TO THE TERMINAL AREA. THIS HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF CAUSING DELAYS DURING HIGH TRAFFIC PERIODS. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW MORE FREQUENT GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH CLOUDS ON THURSDAY WILL GRADUALLY GIVE WAY TO LOWER CLOUDS AND POSSIBILITY OF RAINSHOWERS ON FRIDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...ACTIVE WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && SHORT TERM...STEELE LONG TERM....SHAFER AVIATION....LERICOS FOR MORE FORECAST INFORMATION...SEE US ON OUR WEBPAGE: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS OR FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
An unresponsive hiker was airlifted from the Gold Strike Trail Head with suspected heat exhaustion. Temperatures were in the lower to mid 90s at the time.
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