Forecast Details for Scottsdale, AZ

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Current Alerts for Scottsdale, AZ: Air Quality Alert

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 78. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 104. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.

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

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

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 80. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight.

Labor Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 106. East wind around 5 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 82. East northeast wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 105. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 80. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 103. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. West wind around 5 mph becoming south after midnight.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 99. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 97. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

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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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds