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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1252 PM PST MON DEC 8 2025
KEY MESSAGES
* WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK
WITH PERIODS OF BREEZIER NORTHERLY WINDS DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER
VALLEY.
DISCUSSION
THROUGH SUNDAY.
BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY
TODAY, WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WIND GUSTS EXPECTED BETWEEN
LAUGHLIN/BULLHEAD CITY AND NEEDLES. THESE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL
LINGER THROUGH WEDNESDAY, DECREASING IN STRENGTH EACH DAY.
OTHERWISE, WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS RIDGING CONTINUES
TO BUILD OVER THE WESTERN US. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE
EACH DAY THROUGH MID-TO-LATE WEEK, WITH MULTIPLE RECORDS IN JEOPARDY
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SEE THE CLIMATE SECTION FOR MORE
INFORMATION REGARDING RECORDS.
AVIATION...FOR HARRY REID...FOR THE 18Z FORECAST PACKAGE
WINDS
WILL REMAIN UNDER 10 KNOTS, AND WILL FOLLOW TYPICAL DIURNAL
DIRECTIONAL TRENDS. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA, NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...FOR THE 18Z FORECAST PACKAGE...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY, WINDS ACROSS THE REGION WILL REMAIN
RELATIVELY LIGHT, FOLLOWING TYPICAL DAILY DIRECTIONAL TRENDS.
BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY
THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD WITH 20 TO 30 KNOT GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON.
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD.
CLIMATE
NUMEROUS CLIMATE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE A
FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURE AND/OR FORECAST WARM LOW TEMPERATURE
WITHIN 3 DEGREES OF THE DAILY RECORD WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY.
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AND THE
YEAR THE RECORD WAS LAST SET. AN ASTERISK (*) DENOTES WHICH RECORDS
ARE IN JEOPARDY (WITHIN 3 DEGREES OF THE FORECAST).
MAX WED, DEC 10 THU, DEC 11 FRI, DEC 12
RECORD(YR) RECORD(YR) RECORD(YR)
LAS VEGAS 74(1950) 72(1939)* 74(1958)*
BISHOP 72(1958)* 78(1958) 74(1953)*
NEEDLES 80(1934)* 78(1958)* 80(1958)*
DAGGETT 77(2015) 79(1958) 83(1958)
KINGMAN 75(1950) 77(1950) 72(1950)*
DESERT ROCK 68(2015)* 68(2010)* 72(1988)*
DEATH VALLEY 80(1911)* 81(1914)* 79(1924)*
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE DAILY RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AND
THE YEAR THE RECORD WAS LAST SET. AN ASTERISK (*) DENOTES WHICH
RECORDS ARE IN JEOPARDY (WITHIN 3 DEGREES OF THE FORECAST).
WARM MIN WED, DEC 10 THU, DEC 11 FRI, DEC 12
RECORD(YR) RECORD(YR) RECORD(YR)
LAS VEGAS 52(1996) 50(2014)* 51(1995)*
BISHOP 35(1984) 36(2016) 44(1956)
NEEDLES 56(2017) 54(2014) 59(1995)
DAGGETT 50(1981) 53(2016) 51(1995)*
KINGMAN 47(1937) 47(1981)* 51(1934)
DESERT ROCK 51(1996) 47(1996)* 53(1995)
DEATH VALLEY 56(1970)* 58(1914)* 60(1914)
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT
ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OR IMPACTS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURES.
DISCUSSION/AVIATION...STESSMAN
CLIMATE...SOULAT
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