They're known as fried egg flowers for obvious reasons. These over-easy fried eggs, also called prickly poppies, are blooming this week along the road into Madera Canyon south of Tucson. Photo by Doug Kreutz, Arizona Daily Star.

Another hot day, with temperatures running above normal again, and continuing to do so through the end of the week.

Chances for scattered showers and thunderstorms incrase this afternoon and evening, bringing with them gusty winds and bouts of heavy rain.

High: 105

Low: 81

Currently

Clear, 73.5
Wind 3 MPH NNW, 23% humidity
UV index 5, visibility 10.0 miles
No precipitation today
No lightning strikes today

Today

12 pm: Clear, 76.1
Wind 6 MPH SE, 0% chance precip.
18% humidity, UV index 6
1 pm: Clear, 79.3
Wind 4 MPH SSE, 0% chance precip.
13% humidity, UV index 6
2 pm: Clear, 81.0
Wind 3 MPH NW, 0% chance precip.
11% humidity, UV index 5
3 pm: Clear, 81.6
Wind 3 MPH NW, 0% chance precip.
10% humidity, UV index 4
4 pm: Clear, 81.5
Wind 5 MPH NNW, 0% chance precip.
11% humidity, UV index 2
5 pm: Clear, 80.1
Wind 7 MPH NNW, 0% chance precip.
12% humidity, UV index 1
6 pm: Partly Cloudy, 76.2
Wind 6 MPH NW, 0% chance precip.
16% humidity, UV index 0
7 pm: Partly Cloudy, 70.9
Wind 4 MPH NW, 0% chance precip.
22% humidity, UV index 0
8 pm: Partly Cloudy, 67.1
Wind 3 MPH NNW, 0% chance precip.
28% humidity, UV index 0
9 pm: Partly Cloudy, 64.1
Wind 2 MPH SSW, 0% chance precip.
33% humidity, UV index 0
10 pm: Partly Cloudy, 62.3
Wind 3 MPH SSE, 0% chance precip.
36% humidity, UV index 0
11 pm: Partly Cloudy, 60.5
Wind 4 MPH SE, 0% chance precip.
40% humidity, UV index 0

Wednesday

12 am: Partly Cloudy, 59.2
Wind 4 MPH SE, 0% chance precip.
42% humidity, UV index 0
1 am: Mostly Cloudy, 58.2
Wind 5 MPH SE, 0% chance precip.
43% humidity, UV index 0
2 am: Mostly Cloudy, 57.1
Wind 4 MPH SE, 0% chance precip.
45% humidity, UV index 0
3 am: Mostly Cloudy, 56.1
Wind 4 MPH ESE, 0% chance precip.
48% humidity, UV index 0
4 am: Partly Cloudy, 55.5
Wind 5 MPH SE, 0% chance precip.
49% humidity, UV index 0
5 am: Mostly Cloudy, 55.1
Wind 5 MPH SE, 0% chance precip.
48% humidity, UV index 0
6 am: Clear, 54.8
Wind 5 MPH SE, 0% chance precip.
47% humidity, UV index 0
7 am: Clear, 54.7
Wind 7 MPH SE, 0% chance precip.
46% humidity, UV index 0
8 am: Clear, 57.2
Wind 7 MPH SE, 0% chance precip.
40% humidity, UV index 0
9 am: Clear, 63.6
Wind 7 MPH SE, 0% chance precip.
32% humidity, UV index 2
10 am: Clear, 70.7
Wind 7 MPH SE, 0% chance precip.
23% humidity, UV index 3
11 am: Partly Cloudy, 75.5
Wind 7 MPH SSE, 0% chance precip.
18% humidity, UV index 5
12 pm: Partly Cloudy, 79.8
Wind 6 MPH SSW, 0% chance precip.
15% humidity, UV index 6
1 pm: Partly Cloudy, 83.8
Wind 8 MPH SW, 0% chance precip.
13% humidity, UV index 6
2 pm: Partly Cloudy, 85.7
Wind 12 MPH WSW, 0% chance precip.
12% humidity, UV index 5
3 pm: Partly Cloudy, 85.7
Wind 14 MPH WSW, 0% chance precip.
12% humidity, UV index 3
4 pm: Partly Cloudy, 84.8
Wind 15 MPH WSW, 0% chance precip.
13% humidity, UV index 2
5 pm: Partly Cloudy, 82.5
Wind 14 MPH WSW, 4% chance precip.
13% humidity, UV index 1
6 pm: Partly Cloudy, 79.0
Wind 12 MPH WSW, 5% chance precip.
15% humidity, UV index 0
7 pm: Clear, 75.0
Wind 8 MPH WSW, 5% chance precip.
19% humidity, UV index 0
8 pm: Clear, 71.5
Wind 5 MPH SW, 0% chance precip.
23% humidity, UV index 0
9 pm: Clear, 69.0
Wind 5 MPH SSW, 0% chance precip.
24% humidity, UV index 0
10 pm: Partly Cloudy, 66.5
Wind 5 MPH SSE, 0% chance precip.
28% humidity, UV index 0
11 pm: Partly Cloudy, 64.2
Wind 5 MPH SSE, 0% chance precip.
32% humidity, UV index 0

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