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Morning Clouds and Fog to Make Weekend Cooler

Observed conditions for Friday, July 8, 2011, from La Mesa Mesonet station. Forecast data from National Weather Service.

Saturday forecast: Early morning patchy fog, then mostly sunny with a daytime high near 81. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 10 mph. Increasing cloudiness overnight with late patchy fog and a low around 64. West wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm.

Sunday forecast: Mostly cloudy with early patchy fog becoming sunny with a daytime high near 80. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 10 mph. Increasing cloudiness overnight with late patchy fog and a low around 62. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Extended forecast: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog both Monday and Tuesday becoming mostly sunny with daytime highs near 79. Increasing cloudiness overnight with late patchy fog and lows around 60.

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Friday conditions: Early morning patchy fog, then mostly sunny with a daytime high of 87. Wind mainly from the west between 5 and 10 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with late patchy fog and a low around 66. West wind between 5 and 10 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, July 8, 2011 (as of 5:10 p.m. PDT) Temperature: High and Low 87.0°F 67.0°F Average Temperatures (High/Low) for July 83.1°F 61.0°F Humidity: High and Low 92% 32% Pressure: Current and Trend 29.73 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-southwest 13 mph
at 1:16 p.m. Solar: High Inbound Radiation, Evaporation and UV Index 963 W/m² 0.201 in. 12.8 Sunrise and Sunset 5:47 a.m. 7:58 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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