The Big Bend Fire burned 225 acres south of Laughlin and destroyed a few power poles along Needles Highway.
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The Big Bend Fire burned 225 acres south of Laughlin and destroyed a few power poles along Needles Highway.
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 Aug 18, 1:03 PM PST, 57 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 203 PM PDT Sun Aug 18 2019 .SYNOPSIS...Winds will be on the decrease but temperatures will be on the increase for the first half of the week, with extreme heat likely around midweek. After that, temperatures will drop back to near normal. Otherwise, mostly sunny skies and dry conditions are likely through the week. && .DISCUSSION...Tonight through Saturday. For the rest of today, an band of thicker cirrostratus that is current over southern Nevada and california will continue to slowly shift north and west. With the thicker clouds, temperatures may struggle to reach their forecasted high's, however it will all depend on how long the clouds hang around. Given the current mesoanalysis and satellite trends, still think they are moving fast enough that most locations will reach full potential heating. Clouds will dissipate tonight, with dry and mostly clear conditions expected. Dry flow will continue to dominate the weather pattern through the week, with weak ridging building into the area. This will result in keeping the region dry and increasing temperatures through midweek. Not much change was made to the previous forecast for temperatures. The most dangerous time period continues to be Tuesday through Thursday, with dangerous heat risk expected in many locations. Continued with the Excessive Heat Warning with no changes to time or locations. Wednesday still will be the hottest day, even though some modest moisture may nose into the Colorado River Valley and reduce the overall potential to max out high temperatures. The pattern then transitions again Friday through the weekend with the flow turning more south to southwest. This should increase moister across much of the region, however still some uncertainty around how much moisture there will be and how far north it will go. Continued to keep thunderstorm chances Friday and Saturday afternoon sparse and confined to Mohave County, as moisture returns currently look modest and forcing will be dislocated further north of the moisture pool. In any sceneries, temperatures will drop back closer to normal Friday through the weekend. Looking further out in the forecast, the tropical system that long range models had been hinting at developing near the Baja Peninsula is now further west with numerous of the ensembles members as well as the deterministic models. WIll continue to watch trends as any shifts in the path of this system and its available moisture will influence our local weather. && .FIRE WEATHER...Winds are expected to remain below critical thresholds with gusts topping out around 30 MPH this evening and Monday. Lighter winds are expected beyond Monday along with another uptick in temperatures Tuesday through Thursday. Dry conditions are expected to continue through next week with minimum humidities staying in the single digits through Thursday. && .AVIATION...For McCarran...Southerly winds with gusts of 20 to 25 knots will continue through sunset, occasionally backing as far as 150-160 degrees and veering as far as 200-210 degrees, then settle down to around 10 knots overnight. Slightly lighter winds are expected Monday, with a period of southeasterly winds possible in the morning. No operationally significant clouds are expected. For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...No operationally significant clouds are expected through Monday. Southwest winds will gust up to 25 to 30 knots in exposed desert areas such as Kingman this afternoon and Monday afternoon, and southerly winds will gust up to 25 to 30 knots in the Owens Valley this afternoon. Otherwise, winds below 20 knots are expected through Monday. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures. && DISCUSSION...Wolf AVIATION...Morgan 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.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire at Big Bend State Park burned 225 acres and destroyed some power poles.
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