HEADLINE: Mild weather arrives this weekend

HIGH TODAY: 59 NORMAL HIGH: 61

LOW THIS MORNING: 36 NORMAL LOW: 42

Beautiful afternoon around the valley with most areas flirting with 60 degrees. So far, Las Vegas has only seen 1 60 degree day in 2023. That will change this weekend.

High pressure which brought the cold air earlier this week, will move east over the weekend. This will turn our surface winds out of the south/southwest bringing our temperatures well into the 60s.

A Pacific cold front will swing through late Sunday and Sunday night bringing breezy conditions, but no precipitation is expected the moisture gets squeezed out from the Sierra. Maybe an inch or two of snow will be possible in the higher elevations of the Spring Mountains and Sheep Range.

Few wind gusts on Sunday may reach 25mph at times, especially during the afternoon hours.

Temps will cool down behind the front, but only by a couple degrees.

Long range forecast calls for temps to cool down again by the middle of the month with below normal precipitation chances.

The current AVERAGE snowpack in the Upper Colorado Basin is at 143% of the February 2nd average.

The current AVERAGE snowpack in the Sierra is at 222% of the February 2nd average.

The current AVERAGE snowpack in the Spring Mountains is 249% of the February 2nd average.

Total valley rainfall in 2023: .68" (+.08" above normal)

Stay with News 3 for more updates and make it a great day!

- Bill Bellis