Community Corner
Warming Trend Expected Through Holiday Weekend
Observed conditions for Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, from La Mesa Mesonet station. Forecast data from National Weather Service.
Friday forecast: Mostly cloudy early with patchy fog, then gradually becoming sunny with a daytime high near 84. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 10 mph. Mostly clear overnight with areas of late patchy fog and a low around 62. Northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm.
Saturday forecast: Early morning patchy fog, then sunny with a daytime high near 85. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 10 mph. Mostly clear overnight with areas of late patchy fog and a low around 62. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Extended forecast: Areas of early morning patchy fog both Sunday and Monday (Labor Day), then sunny with daytime highs in the mid to upper 80s and overnight lows in the low 60s under mostly clear skies.
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Thursday conditions: Morning clouds and patchy fog, then sunny with a daytime high of 82. Wind mainly from the north-northwest between 5 and 10 mph. Increasing cloudiness overnight with late patchy fog and a low around 61. Northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.
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 12:43 p.m. Solar: High Inbound Radiation, Evaporation and UV Index 946 W/m² 0.174 in. 11.5 Sunrise and Sunset 6:24 a.m. 7:13 p.m. Lunar Phase Waxing crescent
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).
