Forecast Details for Maricopa, AZ

Recent Locations: Constantia, NY Tanner, AL Maricopa, AZ

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. West wind around 5 mph becoming south after midnight.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 87. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light south southwest after midnight.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming north northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 92. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. West wind around 5 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 95. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming east southeast in the evening.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 93. East wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. West wind around 5 mph becoming south southeast after midnight.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. West southwest wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 93. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Next Topic: Contrails

Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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