364 FXUS65 KVEF 111704 AFDVEF Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 1004 AM PDT Wed Jun 11 2025 .SYNOPSIS...Warm and dry conditions with afternoon breezes will continue through the weekend and into early next week. Temperatures will remain above normal through the period. && .UPDATE...No notable changes to the forecast. Warm, dry, and breezy conditions are expected to persist into next week. Above-normal temperatures will keep HeatRisk largely in the moderate category while afternoon winds gust 20-35 mph. Rain chances remain below 5% across the region through next Wednesday. && .SHORT TERM...through Thursday. Shortwave energy moving into the Pacific Northwest will nudge our Southwestern high pressure ridge eastward today, resulting in a slight decrease in regional heights and an increasing southwesterly flow aloft. This will allow for a very subtle cooling the next couple days, perhaps minimized slightly thanks to enhanced southwesterly surface winds and deeper mixing. Nonetheless, anticipate highs today being 1-3 degrees cooler than Tuesday, followed by an additional degree or two of cooling on Thursday. Afternoon breezes with gusts of 20-30 mph will be common, subsiding in the evening and overnight periods. .LONG TERM...Friday through Tuesday. There is both good agreement among today`s models and good run to run consistency with yesterday`s solutions for Friday through Sunday, leading to high confidence in that period. The overall pattern will feature weak low pressure along the Pacific Northwest coast and strong high pressure centered in the vicinity of far southern New Mexico, which will give our area 500 mb heights around 590 dam plus deep mixing due to southwest flow, resulting in dry and breezy conditions with temperatures remaining well above normal for mid June. There is less confidence in the forecast for Monday and Tuesday, as one cluster of models shows low pressure deepening as it reaches the West Coast, which would bring windy conditions with fire weather concerns and some relief from the heat, while the rest of the models are in decent consensus showing a shallower and more progressive low, which would mean less wind and less relief from the heat. The forecast leans toward the shallower low since it is featured in a majority of the solutions, but the deeper low and its associated fire weather concerns should be kept in mind. && .AVIATION...For Harry Reid...For the 18Z Forecast Package...South- southwest winds persist through the TAF period, strongest during the daytime hours and subsiding slightly overnight. Gusts generally 20- 25 knots. VFR conditions and mostly clear skies with just a few shallow cumulus over the higher terrain in the afternoon. Temperatures to exceed 100F between 18z and 04z, with a peak value around 106F. For the rest of southern Nevada, northwestern Arizona and southeastern California...For the 18Z Forecast Package...Southerly to westerly winds resume today with gusts this afternoon generally in the 20-30 knot range. Winds expected to gradually subside after sunset but maintain their directions except at KBIH where light northerly winds are forecast overnight. VFR conditions and mostly clear skies with just a few mid-level and high clouds. && .CLIMATE...Numerous climate locations have a forecast high temperature and/or forecast warm low temperature within 3 degrees of the daily record. 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, JUN 11 Record(Yr) Las Vegas 109(2022)* Bishop 104(2022) Needles 122(1918) Daggett 110(2022) Kingman 107(1918) Desert Rock 105(2022) Death Valley 122(2022) && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures. && $$ UPDATE...Woods SHORT TERM...Outler LONG TERM...Morgan AVIATION...Woods CLIMATE...Soulat For more forecast information...see us on our webpage: https://weather.gov/lasvegas or follow us on Facebook and Twitter