Weather Alerts for Arizona

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1. Blowing Dust Advisory for: Northwest Pinal County

2. Blowing Dust Advisory for: Western Pima County Including Ajo/Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument; Tohono O'odham Nation including Sells; Upper Santa Cruz River and Altar Valleys including Nogales; Tucson Metro Area including Tucson/Green Valley/Marana/Vail; South Central Pinal County including Eloy/Picacho Peak State Park; Southeast Pinal County including Kearny/Mammoth/Oracle; Upper San Pedro River Valley including Sierra Vista/Benson; Eastern Cochise County Below 5000 Feet including Douglas/Willcox; Upper Gila River and Aravaipa Valleys including Clifton/Safford

3. Extreme Heat Warning for: Aguila Valley; Tonopah Desert; Gila Bend; Cave Creek/New River; Fountain Hills/East Mesa; West Pinal County; Apache Junction/Gold Canyon; Sonoran Desert Natl Monument

4. Extreme Heat Warning for: Grand Canyon Country

5. Extreme Heat Warning for: Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave; Northwest Deserts; Death Valley National Park; Western Mojave Desert; Morongo Basin; Cadiz Basin; San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley; Western Clark and Southern Nye County

6. Extreme Heat Warning for: Lake Mead National Recreation Area; Eastern Mojave Desert, Including the Mojave National Preserve; Northeast Clark County; Las Vegas Valley; Lake Mead National Recreation Area; Southern Clark County

7. Extreme Heat Warning for: Marble and Glen Canyons

8. Extreme Heat Warning for: Northwest Pinal County

9. Extreme Heat Warning for: Northwest Valley; Buckeye/Avondale; Deer Valley; Central Phoenix; North Phoenix/Glendale; Scottsdale/Paradise Valley; East Valley; South Mountain/Ahwatukee; Southeast Valley/Queen Creek

10. Extreme Heat Warning for: Parker Valley; Yuma; Imperial County Southwest; Salton Sea; Imperial County West; Imperial Valley; Palo Verde Valley; Chuckwalla Valley

11. Heat Advisory for: Northwest Plateau; Owens Valley; Esmeralda and Central Nye County; Lincoln County; Sheep Range; Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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Mammatus Clouds Next Topic: Nimbostratus Clouds

A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Next Topic: Rain

Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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