Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Las Vegas
- Current state
- Resolved at 6:41 PM PDT
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Initial Observed
Lightning within 10 nm of Las Vegas: 6 flashes in 15 minutes
Tailodds counted 6 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of Las Vegas (LAS) in the 15 minutes to 5:56 PM PDT, 0 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 8.7 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 4:56 PM PDT, reports ceiling 7000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 6 kt.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation METAR KLAS 312356Z 07006KT 10SM FEW045 BKN070 BKN100 BKN150 20/13 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP108 VCSH T02000128 10206 20167 56013 Station KLAS at Sat Oct 31, 4:56 PM PDT Lightning 6 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 5:56 PM, nearest 8.7 nm Basis Satellite lightning (GOES GLM) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-01 00:56 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 11000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 6 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Las Vegas in the 30 minutes to 6:41 PM PDT.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation METAR KLAS 010056Z 08006KT 10SM FEW050 SCT070 BKN110 BKN150 BKN220 19/13 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP101 LTG DSNT NW CB DSNT NW T01940133 Station KLAS at Sat Oct 31, 5:56 PM PDT Lightning 0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 6:41 PM, nearest 11.6 nm Basis Official observation (METAR) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-01 01:41 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?