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Slight Cooling, Lessened Humidity into Midweek

Observed conditions for Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, from La Mesa Mesonet station. Forecast data from National Weather Service.

Tuesday forecast: Early morning patchy fog, then mostly sunny with a daytime high near 84. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. Increasing cloudiness overnight with late patchy fog and a low around 63. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Wednesday forecast: Patchy fog and clouds through midmorning, 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.

Extended forecast: Patchy fog and clouds through midmorning both Thursday and Friday, then gradual clearing with daytime highs near 80 and overnight lows in the low 60s under partly cloudy skies.

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Monday conditions: Early morning patchy fog, then mostly sunny with a daytime high of 87. Wind mainly from the southwest between 5 and 10 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with late patchy fog and a low around 64. 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 Monday, August 29, 2011 (as of 7:20 p.m. PDT) Temperature: High and Low 87.0°F 65.0°F Average Temperatures (High/Low) for August 84.5°F 62.2°F Humidity: High and Low 93% 49% Pressure: Current and Trend 29.73 in. Hg Steady Precipitation: Since Midnight and Year-to-Date 0.00 in. 0.00 in. Wind: Current Direction (From) and Daily High Gust Southwest 14 mph
at 1:59 p.m. Solar: High Inbound Radiation, Evaporation and UV Index 997 W/m² 0.195 in. 11.7 Sunrise and Sunset 6:22 a.m. 7:17 p.m. Lunar Phase New

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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