Forecast Details for Maricopa, AZ

Recent Locations: Babson Park, MA Long Lake, MI Maricopa, AZ

This Afternoon: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 108. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 8pm and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 82. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east after midnight.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 105. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 81. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming east southeast after midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a slight chance of showers between 8am and 11am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 103. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 103. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 78. West wind around 5 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 106. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Monday Night: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 80. West wind around 5 mph becoming south after midnight.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 108. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 83. West wind around 5 mph becoming south after midnight.

Wednesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 110. South southeast wind around 5 mph becoming west northwest in the morning.

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Weather Topic: What are Altocumulus Clouds?

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Similar to cirrocumulus clouds, altocumulus clouds are characterized by cloud patches. They are distinguished by larger cloudlets than cirrocumulus clouds but are still smaller than stratocumulus clouds.

Altocumulus clouds most commonly form in middle altitudes (between 2 and 5 km) and may resemble, at times, the shape of a flying saucer. These uncommon formations, called altocumulus lenticularis, are created by uplift in the atmosphere and are most often seen in close proximity to mountains.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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