Forecast Details for Yuma, AZ

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Independence Day: Sunny, with a high near 105. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 78. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 108. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 80. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 111. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 81. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Monday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 110. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 82. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 110. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 85. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 113. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 86. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 111. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 10 to 15 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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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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