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Wet and Cold Friday; Drier but Still Cool Late Saturday
Observed conditions for Thursday, Apr. 7, 2011, from La Mesa Mesonet station. Forecast data from National Weather Service.
A hazardous weather advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service for San Diego County Thursday night into Friday with the expectation of moderate, scattered rainfall, high winds and low daytime temperatures through Saturday. Local-mountain snow level will be near 4,000 feet Friday morning.
Friday forecast: Showers early with the possibility of a thunderstorm, becoming mostly cloudy with a daytime high near 55. West wind between 5 and 10 mph with gusts possible up to 20 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with continued rain (50 percent) and a low around 42. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Saturday forecast: Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain early, becoming mostly sunny midday with a daytime high near 57. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 10 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with a low around 44.
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Extended forecast: Mostly sunny Sunday and Monday with daytime highs in the low to mid 60s and overnight lows in the upper 40s to low 50s. Partly cloudy Monday night.
Thursday conditions: Partly to mostly cloudy early with a daytime high of 62. Increasing cloudiness midday with showers likely (60 percent) beginning early evening and overnight with a low around 46. West wind around 20 mph with gusts possible up to 30 mph.
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at 3:54 p.m. Solar: High Inbound Radiation, Evaporation and UV Index 1280 W/m² 0.080 in. 11.7 Sunrise and Sunset 6:29 a.m. 7:12 p.m. Lunar Phase Waxing crescent Car-Wash Forecast "Good to go" after midday Saturday when dryer/stable conditions rebuild.
Data span from 12 a.m. to time of column submission for the day.
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).
