Slight chance of showers today for Las Vegas

By Dave Toplikar (contact)

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | 4:48 a.m.

More cool, cloudy and possibly wet weather is heading into the Las Vegas Valley today, according to the National Weather Service.

A cold low pressure system will move south through eastern Nevada today and head into Arizona tonight, bringing a slight chance of showers to the area today, the weather service said.

Forecasters said high pressure would then briefly build over the region, bringing dry and warm weather Thursday and Friday before another storm system arrives Saturday.

At 4:56 a.m., the temperature at McCarran International Airport was 47 degrees. The normal morning low for today's date is 46 degrees and the record low was 29 degrees, set in 1962.

Around the valley just before 5 a.m., temperatures were 45 degrees at North Las Vegas Airport, 43 degrees at Nellis Air Force Base and 41 degrees at Henderson Executive Airport.

Temperatures will be 46 degrees by 9 a.m., climb to 54 degrees by noon and reach a high of 60 degrees by 3 p.m., forecasters said. The normal high for today's date is 68 degrees and the record high is 29 degrees, set in 1962.

Tonight, temperatures will fall to 55 degrees by 6 p.m., to 51 degrees by 9 p.m. and to 48 degrees by midnight, forecasters said.

Thursday's morning low will be 42 degrees and Thursday's high will be 63 degrees.