000 FQUS1 KLAS 301024 NVZ009-301700- GREATER LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN AREA FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 330 AM PDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...CONTINUED HOT WITH WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH NEAR 115. AFTERNOON SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO 30 MPH EXCEPT GUSTS TO 40 MPH AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF RAIN LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. .TONIGHT...FAIR. WIND SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. LOW IN THE MID 80S. .FRIDAY...CONTINUED HOT WITH WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH NEAR 114. CHANCE OF RAIN LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. .FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND FORECAST...MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS AND FAIR AT NIGHT. NOT QUITE AS HOT, THE HIGHS 105 TO 110. LOWS 80 TO 85. .THE EXPERIMENTAL ULTRAVIOLET INDEX (UVI) FORECAST FOR LAS VEGAS AT NOON TODAY IS 9. THIS EXPOSURE LEVEL IS IN THE "HIGH" CATEGORY. $$ WEATHER SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AND A WEAK MONSOONAL FLOW WILL COMBINE TO BRING EXTREME SOUTHERN NEVADA NEAR RECORD HEAT, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND FRIDAY. BKF :   ="$p.:DJVbstz~?fWZ G