Wildfire smoke billows into Las Vegas from CA fires, wind and 90s on the horizon

Published: Sep 10, 2024 Duration: 00:03:09 Category: News & Politics

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>> WELL, I KNOW, JEANNE, BUT THAT WE'RE SLOWLY SEEING A DROP IN THESE TEMPERATURES. BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ALSO THE FIRE SMOKE COMING THIS WAY BECAUSE YOU GET IT BACK AND WE ARE GETTING THOSE WINDS DIRECTLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST RIGHT NOW. SO EVEN SEEING SOME ASH COMING LAS VEGAS VALLEY RIGHT NOW. BUT WE'RE A LOT BETTER OFF THAN MOST FOLKS. THAT'S FOR SURE. I'M THERE. AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, REALLY RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE FIRES NOW OUTSIDE. RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THERE'S A LOT OF HAZE GOING ON IN THE VALLEY. THIS IS OUTSIDE OF OUR STATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT HAZE HANG OUT WITH US THROUGH TOMORROW BECAUSE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY ON THE WINDY SIDE. WE'VE GOT SOME WILDFIRE CONCERNS IN OUR STATE. >> AS WELL WITH THOSE INCREASING WINDS OR RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH TOMORROW. BUT SOME GOOD NEWS ON THE HORIZON. BACK TO THE 90'S. FINALLY, WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME NICER DAYS IN OUR FORECAST. NOW. AGAIN, A FEW FIRES GOING ON TOWARDS LOS ANGELES AREA. WE'RE SEEING THE LINE OF FIRE, WHICH IS OVER 27,000 ACRES AIRPORT FIRE OVER 9,000 ACRES IN BRIDGE FIRE OVER 4,000 ACRES, BULL. ALL 3 OF THOSE HERE IN LESS THAN ONE WEEK'S TIME. SO THESE ARE REALLY RECENT BURNS THAT HAVE BEEN PUSHING SMOKE INTO THE LAS VEGAS AREA. SO WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO CREATE A FIRE WEATHER DAY? WE'VE GOT WINDY CONDITIONS, DRY CONDITIONS AND HOT WEATHER. WE'VE REALLY GOT THAT REFLECT TRIFECTA HAPPENING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT THIS TIME THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT IT GOING ON IN NEVADA AS WELL. SO WE REALLY GOT TO BE CAREFUL THE NEXT. 24 48 HOURS AS THOSE WINDS PICK UP AND WE START TO SEE THOSE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS INCREASE WHAT RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CLARK COUNTY TOMORROW. AND IN GENERAL, THIS IS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT LOW PRESSURE COMING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THAT'S GOING TO HELP COOL US DOWN INTO NEXT WEEK. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IT'S GOING TO CREATE FOR SOME WINDY CONDITIONS. AND ALREADY SEEING SOME STRONGER WIND SPEEDS THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 21 MILES PER HOUR TOWARDS NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE HENDERSON, 17 MILES PER HOUR. HARRY REID, 16 MILES PER HOUR. A LITTLE BIT CALMER TOWARDS NORTH LAS VEGAS AT 6 MILES PER HOUR. NOW INTO TOMORROW, THOSE WINDS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET EVEN WORSE. IS A LOOK AT THOSE GUSTS FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WE'RE LOOKING AT 25 MILES PER HOUR TOWARDS HENDERSON. 22 TOWARDS LAUGHLIN. MOUNT CHARLESTON IS GOING TO BE PARTICULARLY WINDY WITH A WIND SPEED AROUND 29 MILES PER HOUR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SO THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE THE DAY THAT YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO BRING THOSE TRASH CANS INSIDE MAY TIED DOWN THE TRAMPOLINE. MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT CAN GO FLYING BECAUSE TOMORROW REALLY IS GOING TO BE A WINDY DAY. BUT ON THE PLUS SIDE, ALL THAT WIND MEANS WE'RE GOING TO GET A COLD FRONT MOVING IN AND TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE DROPPING 94 DEGREES ON THURSDAY, 96 ON FRIDAY. SO SOME NICER WEATHER DEFINITELY IN PLAY FOR A LATER THIS WEEK. SATURDAY SUNDAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME BREEZES COME AROUND ONCE AGAIN AND TEMPERATURES DROP EVEN MORE INTO NEXT WEEK. WE'RE GOING TO TRACK SOME CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION ON MONDAY AND POTENTIALLY COOL OFF ALL THE WAY INTO THE 80'S FOR NEXT WEEK. SO DEFINITELY QUITE THE COOLDOWN ON THE WAY. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE BREEZES AND THAT

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