Forecast Details for Holbrook, AZ

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This Afternoon: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 97. East wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Areas of smoke before midnight, then areas of smoke after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Southeast wind 6 to 13 mph becoming southwest in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Areas of smoke before 7am. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 98. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Areas of smoke between 11pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. South wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 97. Southeast wind 6 to 11 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Southwest wind 5 to 13 mph becoming west in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Southeast wind 5 to 11 mph becoming southwest in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Saturday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Southwest wind 6 to 13 mph becoming southeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 17 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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