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Summer's Heat Arrives Amid Increasing Humidity

Observed conditions for Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, from La Mesa Mesonet station. Forecast data from National Weather Service.

Tuesday forecast: Sunny with a daytime high near 83. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 10 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with a low around 63. West wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm.

Wednesday forecast: Mostly sunny with a daytime high near 82. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 10 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with a low around 63. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Extended forecast: Patchy morning fog both Thursday and Friday, then mostly sunny with daytime highs in the upper 80s and overnight lows in the mid 60s under partly cloudy skies.

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Monday conditions: Morning clouds and fog, then mostly sunny with few mid to upper level clouds and a daytime high of 82. Wind mainly from the west-northwest between 5 and 15 mph. Mostly clear overnight with a low around 61. Northwest 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 Monday, August 22, 2011 (as of 8:00 p.m. PDT) Temperature: High and Low 82.0°F 60.0°F Average Temperatures (High/Low) for August 84.5°F 62.2°F Humidity: High and Low 94% 49% Pressure: Current and Trend 29.85 in. Hg Steady Precipitation: Since Midnight and Year-to-Date 0.00 in. 0.00 in. Wind: Current Direction (From) and Daily High Gust West-northwest 17 mph
at 12:02 p.m. Solar: High Inbound Radiation, Evaporation and UV Index 1088 W/m² 0.200 in. 11.4 Sunrise and Sunset 6:17 a.m. 7:25 p.m. Lunar Phase Last 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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