Community Corner
Morning Fog, Then Sun and Warming for Weekend
Observed conditions for Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, from La Mesa Mesonet station. Forecast data from National Weather Service.
Friday forecast: Early morning patchy fog with a slight chance of drizzle. Otherwise, cloudy with gradual clearing and a daytime high near 74. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. Increasing cloudiness overnight with late patchy fog and a low around 58. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Saturday forecast: Early morning clouds and patchy fog with gradual clearing and a daytime high near 75. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 10 mph. Increasing cloudiness overnight with late patchy fog and a low around 59. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Extended forecast: Early morning clouds and patchy fog Sunday with gradual clearing and a daytime high near 78 and an overnight low around 60 under increasing cloudiness and patchy fog. Early morning patchy fog Monday becoming sunny with a daytime high near 82 and an overnight low around 62 under clear skies.
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Thursday conditions: Early morning clouds and patchy fog clearing late to partly cloudy with a daytime high of 77. Wind mainly from the northwest between 5 and 10 mph. Increasing cloudiness overnight with late patchy fog and a low around 60. A chance of drizzle after 11 p.m. 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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at 4:00 p.m. Solar: High Inbound Radiation, Evaporation and UV Index 872 W/m² 0.139 in. 9.6 Sunrise and Sunset 6:32 a.m. 6:54 p.m. Lunar Phase Waning gibbous
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).
