08/10/2026
Soyez prudents
Las Vegas is inside a hurricane cone.
Hurricane Rachel is spinning hundreds of miles off Baja Mexico right now, and the National Hurricane Center's latest forecast bends it straight into the Southwest this weekend.
It probably won't be a hurricane when it gets here.
It'll be hurricane-ish.
Sunday is when it hits. The heaviest rain comes that afternoon and into the night.
Wind gusts could reach 35 to 45 mph on Saturday and Sunday.
Forecasters have Southern Nevada under a Level 2 (of 4) flash flood risk.
We're flirting with record highs this week, but between Friday and Tuesday, temps will drop 25 to 30 degrees.
The Strip has beach clubs, a wave pool, and now a hurricane.
We're officially coastal.
Stay out of the washes.