To call ahead if youre flying out of las vegas. brian loftus at last check with mccarran. It seems as though flights are heading out on time. Sherry Swensk the National Weather service is also tracking how el nino is affecting our valley jim harrison National Weather service this year is very strong, up to the strongest one ever measured potential for increase storm activities here in the southern us is high. Sherry Swensk meteorologist jim harrison told us the foggy conditions we saw yesterday are rare for the valley. He ads the rain is good news to help ease the drought. But the rain were getting this week isnt enough. We need considerable rain for several winters in a row to make a real difference. lets get to sherry with a look at todays weather. Very wet after rain all day and most of the night. Still cloudy and wet with a break between storms today. Demetria obilor starting with an accident in the northwest on the northbound 95 offramp to ann road. Its pretty wet on the west side
News this morning. First Cassandra Jones joins us with a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. Cassandra jones with fox5. We get a brief break between systems with showers returning by this afternoon and evening with rain continuing overnight into thursday. We will pick up strong afternoon wind 15 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph possible. This next system isnt packing as much moisture to rain totals arent expected to be as impressive but it will be colder will drop our temps into thursday morning bringing the possibility of snow flurries to some valley locations. We have a Winter Weather advisories for the mountains for snow levels dropping down to 4000ft by thursday morning with 36 inches possible above 5000ft higher amounts in higher terrain. Highs are expected to stay in the low50s through the week. Here is a look at your drive here is a look at your drive out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate rou
Good morning im Cassandra Jones with fox5. We get a brief break between systems with showers returning by this afternoon and evening with rain continuing overnight into thursday. We will pick up strong afternoon wind 15 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph possible. This next system isnt packing as much moisture to rain totals arent expected to be as impressive but it will be colder will drop our temps into thursday morning bringing the possibility of snow flurries to some valley locations. We have a Winter Weather advisories for the mountains for snow levels dropping down to 4000ft by thursday morning with 36 inches possible above 5000ft higher amounts in higher terrain. Highs are expected to stay in the low50s through the week. Traffic solutions here is a look at your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to th
Everything is running smoothly again at the airport this all the rain and fog made for a real headache for travelers many people worried they would arrive late to ces which starts today. This is what the airport looked like just before midnight. Packed with people. There was an average delay of about four hours for incoming flights because of the rain and cloud cover yesterday. Some incoming flights were even cancelled. Mccarran says yesterday is normally one of the busiest days of the year right before ces. Breaking overnight. A terrifying situation for firefighters. Who were forced to knock down. Wall after wall. Looking for storage unit. Action News Reporter Parker Collins is there live near sahara and lamb. Parker kind of a scary situation. It really was. It took firefighters about 15 minutes just to find the fire. It started in one of the Storage Units after midnight. But these buildings are metal clad. Meaning poor air circulation. They also have individual roll up doors. They ha
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