Forecast Details for Quartzsite, AZ

Recent Locations: Quartzsite, AZ

This Afternoon: Sunny and hot, with a high near 111. West southwest wind around 10 mph.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 77. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight.

Wednesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 113. Light south wind becoming south southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 78. South wind around 5 mph.

Juneteenth: Sunny and hot, with a high near 114. Breezy, with a south wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 78. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 110. Breezy, with a southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 76. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 105. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 71. Breezy, with a southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 100. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 101. South southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

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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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