Las Vegas has mounted huge New Year’s Eve fireworks displays for each of the past 22 years \u2013 except for 2020’s COVID-19 cancellation. (Image: discotech.me)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHowever, it’s not the rain posing the biggest threat to this year’s festivities. Michael Mack, a spokesperson for Las Vegas Events, told the Associated Press<\/em> that \u201cwind is the thing we watch out for.\u201d<\/p>\nA wind threshold of 15 mph plays a part each year in the decision to launch, delay, or cancel the fireworks. While the New Year\u2019s Eve fireworks in Las Vegas have launched before when winds seemed like they might exceed 15 mph, according to the National Weather Service, gusts on Saturday are expected to reach up to 30 mph.<\/p>\n
Why Wind is Bad<\/h2>\n
A light wind is good for fireworks displays, since it helps remove the smoke and improve visibility. But heavy wind can send fireworks in unpredictable directions.<\/p>\n
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While Grucci \u2013 the family-owned company that produces the fireworks in Las Vegas \u2013 has made significant advances over the decades in improving safety, heavy winds make it harder to prevent the rare fires ignited by burning debris. Also, if a firework misfires, it\u2019s important to have a good idea of where it will land,\u00a0 since “duds” can still ignite after they hit the ground.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
According to Steven Ackerman and Jonathan Martin of the UW-Madison Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, pyrotechnics are more difficult to light during rainy conditions. But shows can proceed safely in anything less than a torrential downpour.<\/p>\n
If Clark County officials pull the plug on the annual eight-minute fireworks show, it would be the first weather-related cancellation in the event\u2019s 22-year history. The show was canceled in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
Strip resorts set to launch \u201cAmerica\u2019s Party 2023\u201d fireworks include the MGM Grand, Aria, Planet Hollywood, Caesars Palace, Treasure Island, the Venetian, Resorts World, and the Strat.<\/strong><\/p>\nWhatever the weather, the Strip will be closed to vehicles by 8 p.m. on New Year\u2019s Eve, and will reopen around 2 a.m. Sunday. And when the party ends, 16 street-sweeping trucks will be deployed up and down Las Vegas Boulevard to collect an estimated 12 tons of trash left behind by revelers on the Strip and downtown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The National Weather Service now predicts a 90% chance of showers in Las Vegas on New Year\u2019s Eve. That\u2019s when 400K people are expected to jam the Las Vegas Strip to watch more than 11K fireworks launch from the rooftops of eight Strip casino hotels. It’s dubbed \u201cAmerica\u2019s Party 2023.\u201d A separate fireworks display featuring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":250131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3313,81886],"tags":[82880,84301,82851,84300,84299,23,83662,84226],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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