Forecast Details for El Mirage, AZ

Recent Locations: Sunland, CA San Gregorio, CA El Mirage, AZ

This Afternoon: Sunny and hot, with a high near 110. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 82. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

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

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 86. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Tuesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 114. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 89. West wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.

Wednesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 117. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 90. West wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.

Thursday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 117. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 88. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 112. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly clear, with a low around 87. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 109. West southwest wind 5 to 10 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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