Strong winds, rain threaten Las Vegas New Year’s fireworks

Las Vegas fireworks displays could beryllium endangered Friday nighttime arsenic rainfall and winds determination done the valley.

“Winds up and down the rainfall could beryllium 30 to 40 mph,” meteorologist Trevor Boucher said astir 4:40 p.m. “Already we are seeing gusts implicit 20 mph successful Indian Springs and we expect winds to summation astir 7 oregon 8 p.m. and enactment elevated until 3 to 4 successful the morning.”

Rain was expected to beryllium light, possibly a fewer hundredths of an inch, Boucher said. But the large contented was the wind.

“It is going to beryllium acold and it is going to beryllium windy,” Boucher said.

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The National Weather Service issued a Tweet astir 4 p.m. that indicated the rainfall could wide by midnight, but winds could beryllium successful excess of the dependable 10 mph that is the threshold for letting the Strip amusement spell disconnected arsenic planned.

“Looks similar Las #Vegas volition person a accidental of seeing showers moving done contiguous betwixt 8-11 PM. Everything indicates that showers volition beryllium retired of the country by midnight,” the NWS connection said.

The Strip fireworks show, planned for 8 hotels to motorboat fireworks, has ne'er been called disconnected due to the fact that of precocious winds.

If determination are sustained winds successful excess of 10 mph, the amusement could beryllium delayed for an hr to 1 a.m. If they continued, the fireworks would beryllium called off, according to Clark County officials.

Contact Marvin Clemons astatine mclemons@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Marv_in_Vegas connected Twitter.