Forecast Details for Phoenix, AZ

Recent Locations: Phoenix, AZ

Current Alerts for Phoenix, AZ: Air Quality Alert

This Afternoon: Sunny and hot, with a high near 112. West southwest wind around 5 mph.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 83. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Juneteenth: Sunny and hot, with a high near 115. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 83. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 109. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 80. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 106. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 76. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 101. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 75. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 102. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 78. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 103. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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