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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow -- in April

Storm brings rain, strong winds to Las Vegas region

By MAGGIE LILLIS
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

Fernando Garlarza, Monique Chebat, David Butler and Angie Sabtino sled Wednesday at Mount Charleston, which received 5 inches of snow Tuesday night.
Photo by Duane Prokop.



At Mount Charleston, the view took on a tinge of white.
Photo by Duane Prokop.

A chill moved across Las Vegas late Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing lower temperatures and strong winds to the valley.

Five inches of snow fell Tuesday night on Mount Charleston, and trace amounts of rain were recorded at McCarran International Airport.

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The National Weather Service said Wednesday's high was 59 degrees, which fell short of the record low high of 56 degrees set in 1998.

"This is definitely not your typical April day," said Barry Pierce, weather service meteorologist.

Flurries were spotted in parts of Summerlin and Henderson, while in other parts of Las Vegas, high winds took shingles off homes.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said ferocious winds might have caused damage to a plane Tuesday afternoon at the North Las Vegas Airport.

Gregor said the single-engine Cessna 182 was attempting to land about 2:17 p.m. when a gust hit the plane.

"The pilot told us he encountered a strong gust of wind just as he landed," Gregor said. "That caused him to break his right wing and propeller" after hitting the pavement.

Gregor said the crash was being investigated by his agency, and he did not know the full extent of the damage. He said the pilot was taken to a local hospital but did not appear to have any injuries.

According to the FAA Web site, the plane is registered to a John Battaglia of Las Vegas.

National Weather Service meteorologist Edan Lindaman said the wintery weather was caused by a powerful storm system that swept through the valley early in the week. Wind gusts reached 61 mph at Red Rock Canyon on Tuesday night.

The last time snow fell in Las Vegas in April was on April 4,1958, making Wednesday's activity the latest snow sighting recorded to date.

Lindaman said the unusual weather won't stick around.

Temperatures will return to the 70s and 80s by the weekend. It could reach 90 degrees by Tuesday, Lindaman said.

Reporters Antonio Planas and Lawrence Mower contributed to this report. Contact reporter Maggie Lillis at mlillis@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0279.

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TheJoker wrote on April 19, 2009 08:14 AM: Global Warming Infidels - You have blaspheme the all mighty Goracle.

As a non-believer of the true Prophet of the Apocalypse of Global Warming, you must atone for your sins by asking for absolution from the Goracle.

Seek Forgiveness at: http://goracle.org/index.php


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Obama is not my President wrote on April 18, 2009 10:56 AM: Despite the very chilly temps all over the country, the Federal government continues its mission to destroy the country. For every green job created, two jobs are lost. Help stop the madness in Washington. Defeat all incumbants that vote for Obama's budget and spending.


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Jeff Blondeau wrote on April 18, 2009 10:14 AM: From http://thepeoplescube.com Spring cleaning tip: don't forget to change your scientific consensus from winter setting "climate change" to summer setting "global warming"


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Tom wrote on April 18, 2009 09:22 AM: A theory, in the general sense of the word, is an analytic structure designed to explain a set of observations. A theory does two things:


it identifies this set of distinct observations as a class of phenomena, and

makes assertions about the underlying reality that brings about or affects this class.

The term is often used colloquially to refer to any explanatory thought, even fanciful or speculative ones.

How dare you dismiss a fanciful or speculative idea. Especially if it makes Al Gore alot of money.


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sammy4231 wrote on April 18, 2009 07:59 AM: From the earliest recorded human history to now, every society had some gnostic smart-guy or group who claimed to know how to influence the weather. (or climate, if you're a stickler for usage.)
Maybe we can cut a chicken's head off and sling the blood around the yard to have good crops this year. Maybe buying a carbon credit will please Mother Nature even more; but only if everybody stops eating pork.
Al Gore and James Hansen both need to shove bones through their noses and wear their monkey paw amulets, or the whole carbon credit scheme won't please the Gods.


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johnson55 wrote on April 18, 2009 07:15 AM: Yee-haw! Go get some free carbon offsets to forget about the freakish weather:

http://www.freecarbonoffsets.com

You will feel better.


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Baker wrote on April 18, 2009 06:06 AM: Well said Robert. The trend over the past century has been that the globe has been cooling, and yet a handful of "scientist / politicians" what to us isolated figures to demand that everyone believe the fussy math. It would be refreshing for all people to get there heads out of their politics and start seeing things for how they really are - and not how they want to see things...


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Len wrote on April 18, 2009 04:39 AM: YEP. Global warming, Record cold around the world. 25 degrees below average across USA.


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Robert wrote on April 18, 2009 04:30 AM: Why don't people learn the difference between climate and weather???

From Webster

Climate: the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years.

Weather: the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness

So what we learn from this is that climate is an average of atmospheric states (weather) over many years.

I find it to be absolutely ridiculous that climate change skeptics use one data point to dismiss the theory. If you don't believe it, fine, but get some real evidence to support your claim instead of cherry picking to find the one outlier to dismiss the whole theory.


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American_with_A_Brain wrote on April 18, 2009 02:08 AM: To the "Warming Believers-the New Religion". Every time the government takes from The People, tells them it's going to be for your own good, trust us... Watch out, it never turns out good. Democrat politians & liberal special interests know there is a "sucker born every minute". Which polital party tends to cajole the uneducated new young voters every election cycle into voting for their party? It's as the commie Lenin thought of the useful idiots(commie sympathizers in the West & liberals)-> They labor to prepare their own demise...No different then as now.


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