Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Las Vegas
- Current state
- Resolved at 6:20 PM PDT
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Initial Observed
Lightning within 10 nm of Las Vegas: 8 flashes in 15 minutes
Tailodds counted 8 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of Las Vegas (LAS) in the 15 minutes to 5:35 PM PDT, 0 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 9.1 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 4:56 PM PDT, reports no ceiling, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 8 kt.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation METAR KLAS 302356Z 02008KT 10SM FEW030 FEW050 SCT150 SCT200 19/13 A2984 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE SLP091 CB DSNT E-SE 60000 T01890133 10222 20178 53005 Station KLAS at Fri Oct 30, 4:56 PM PDT Lightning 8 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 5:35 PM, nearest 9.1 nm Basis Satellite lightning (GOES GLM) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-10-31 00:35 UTC) Sources NOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds Provenance weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful? -
Resolution Confirmed
Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Las Vegas
What changed: lightning within 10 nm → no longer reported
No official weather observation (METAR) for Las Vegas (LAS) in the last 50 minutes reports a thunderstorm. The latest, at 5:56 PM PDT, reports ceiling 7500 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 9 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Las Vegas in the 30 minutes to 6:20 PM PDT.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation METAR KLAS 310056Z 10009KT 10SM FEW040 BKN075CB BKN150 BKN200 18/13 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP098 CB E-S MOV NE T01780133 Station KLAS at Fri Oct 30, 5:56 PM PDT Lightning 0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 6:20 PM Basis Official observation (METAR) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-10-31 01:20 UTC) Sources Official weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
NOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds (supporting)Provenance weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful?