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Mild Summer Weekend in Store for Much of Region

Observed conditions for Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, from La Mesa Mesonet station. Forecast data from National Weather Service.

Saturday forecast: Cloudy through midmorning with patchy fog, then gradual clearing with a daytime high near 80. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. Increasing cloudiness overnight with late patchy fog and a low around 62. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Sunday forecast: Cloudy through midmorning with patchy fog, then gradual clearing with a daytime high near 82. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. Increasing cloudiness overnight with late patchy fog and a low around 62. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Extended forecast: Mostly cloudy through midmorning with patchy fog both Monday and Tuesday, then gradual clearing with daytime highs near 83 and overnight lows around 63 under partly to mostly cloudy skies.

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Friday conditions: Early morning patchy fog, then sunny with a daytime high of 81. Wind mainly from the west between 5 and 10 mph. Increasing cloudiness overnight with late patchy fog and a low around 61. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

For a projection of conditions over the next 7 days, please visit the La Mesa forecast page of the National Weather Service.

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Observations for Friday, August 5, 2011 (as of 4:10 p.m. PDT) Temperature: High and Low 81.0°F 61.8°F Average Temperatures (High/Low) for July 84.5°F 62.2°F Humidity: High and Low 93% 46% Pressure: Current and Trend 29.86 in. Hg Falling Precipitation: Since Midnight and Year-to-Date 0.00 in. 0.00 in. Wind: Current Direction (From) and Daily High Gust West-northwest 13 mph
at 12:49 p.m. Solar: High Inbound Radiation, Evaporation and UV Index 1000 W/m² 0.173 in. 12.2 Sunrise and Sunset 6:05 a.m. 7:43 p.m. Lunar Phase First quarter

Data span from 12 a.m. to time of column submission for the day. For real-time conditions updated every 10 minutes, please visit Station Pabloco.

The above observations and forecast apply to La Mesa area spanning ZIP codes 91941 to 91944. Due to geographic effect, modest variation may apply for surrounding communities including Mount Helix, Casa de Oro and Spring Valley.

This column appears four times weekly: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (sometimes different days per week based on schedule or notable weather-related event).

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