Forecast Details for Phoenix, AZ

Recent Locations: Phoenix, AZ  
Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. Calm wind.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Breezy, with a light and variable wind becoming west southwest 10 to 15 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight.
Saturday: Patchy blowing dust after 3pm. Sunny, with a high near 81. Windy, with a southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.
Saturday Night: Showers, mainly after 11pm. Patchy blowing dust before 7pm. Low around 55. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday: Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday Night: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 74. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. West wind around 5 mph becoming east northeast after midnight.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 80. East wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 56. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming east northeast after midnight.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 84. Breezy, with an east wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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