Phoenix, AZ – A developing temperature divide across the Southwest could bring cooler-than-normal conditions to Nevada and parts of Arizona next week, while New Mexico remains on the warmer side of the pattern. At the same time, NOAA is favoring above-normal precipitation across much of the region from Tuesday, October 20, through Saturday, October 24.
According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, temperature and precipitation outlooks issued Wednesday, October 14, show one of the nation’s more pronounced contrasts across the Southwest. Below-normal temperatures are favored in Nevada and western Arizona, while above-normal temperatures are favored across New Mexico. Meanwhile, wetter-than-normal conditions are favored across all three states.
Nevada and western Arizona face cooler conditions Nevada falls largely within NOAA’s below-normal temperature outlook, with probabilities generally ranging from 33% to 50%. Parts of western and southern Nevada, including areas around Las Vegas, lie within the cooler temperature zone…