Forecast Details for Surprise, AZ

Recent Locations: Wappingers Falls, NY Far Hills, NJ Surprise, AZ

Current Alerts for Surprise, AZ: Air Quality Alert

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 8pm and 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 87. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 105. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 84. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 99. South wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 83. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 100. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 83. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 102. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 83. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 103. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 82. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 105. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 82. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 107. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

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Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds

Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes (between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes water vapor to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.

In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.

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