Forecast Details for Scottsdale, AZ

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Current Alerts for Scottsdale, AZ: Air Quality Alert

Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Calm wind.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 92. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 61. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 96. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 64. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 97. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 63. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east after midnight.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 95. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming east after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 93. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Breezy, with a southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Breezy, with a south wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Breezy, with a south wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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