Forecast Details for Peridot, AZ

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Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 45. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a light and variable wind becoming west southwest 10 to 15 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 47. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. West wind around 5 mph becoming north northeast after midnight.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast after midnight.

Thursday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a light and variable wind becoming west southwest 10 to 15 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast after midnight.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 87. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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