Forecast Details for Ridgecrest, CA

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Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. West wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 84. West wind around 5 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Light southwest wind becoming south southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. West wind around 5 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming west in the evening.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. Breezy, with a southwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. West southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Southwest wind around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Condensation

Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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