WWUS85 KVEF 250845 SPSVEF SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1245 AM PST FRI DEC 25 2015 NVZ017-020-251145- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY 1245 AM PST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND PAHRUMP EARLY THIS MORNING... RAIN HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW BEHIND A SHARP COLD FRONT THAT IS PUSHING SOUTH ACROSS THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW HAS STARTED TO STICK ON SOME COLDER SURFACES IN THE FAR NORTHWEST PART OF LAS VEGAS AS WELL AS IN PAHRUMP THE LAST FEW MINUTES. THIS BAND OF SHOWERS WILL LAST ANOTHER FEW HOURS AND SHOULD END BY 3 TO 4 AM ACROSS THE LAS VEGAS AND PAHRUMP VALLEYS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADS. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AT NIGHT AS ICY PATCHES WILL BE HARDER TO SEE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ON ANY METAL SURFACES AND ON CARTOPS. THE LAST TIME ANY SNOW FELL ON CHRISTMAS IN LAS VEGAS AT THE OFFICIAL CLIMATE STATION WAS IN 2008 WHICH WAS A TRACE. $$ STACHELSKI