Forecast Details for Scottsdale, AZ

Recent Locations: Brunsville, IA Scottsdale, AZ

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 83. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 112. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 81. Windy, with an east wind 15 to 25 mph becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 106. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 2am, then a slight chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 80. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 101. South southeast wind around 5 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 77. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

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

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 76. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 104. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

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

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

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 79. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 109. East wind around 5 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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Mammatus Clouds Next Topic: Nimbostratus Clouds

A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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