Forecast Details for Mesquite, NM

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Today: Areas of blowing dust after noon. Sunny, with a high near 86. Windy, with a southwest wind 16 to 21 mph increasing to 24 to 29 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 48 mph.

Tonight: Areas of blowing dust before 7pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 48. Windy, with a west southwest wind 23 to 28 mph becoming light west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 44 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Light west wind becoming west southwest 11 to 16 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. West southwest wind 9 to 14 mph becoming light west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Light west wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light west northwest in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. Light west northwest wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. West wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 10 to 15 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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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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