On this day in… 2006: Offshore winds blew to 40 mph in the Banning Pass. The Esperanza Fire was started by an arsonist. It eventually burned 40,200 acres from Cabazon to San Jacinto. It destroyed 34 homes and killed 5 firefighters. 2003: Santa Ana winds started on 10.25 and ended on 10.27. Gusts of 56 [...]

Note the drop in surface Dew Point levels this evening around 9pm. The winds reversed from the southeast to the Northwest helping in the dry out!

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1100 PM PST FRI NOV 14 2008 …PEAK GUSTS THROUGH 11 PM FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14… INLAND EMPIRE… PALM AVE ES SAN BERNARDINO…..65 MPH RIALTO AIRPORT……………..58 MPH PALMETTO ES FONTANA…………43 MPH DEVORE…………………….41 MPH MIRA LOMA………………….41 MPH CHINO……………………..40 MPH ONTARIO……………………40 MPH BEAUMONT…………………..39 MPH CORONA AIRPORT……………..38 MPH SANTA ANA [...]

Wow, it was nice today. But we had to deal with the winds! The winds affected most of us overnight but by sunrise they calmed down in and around the southern cove communities. 83 degrees was the high here today in Thousand Palms. That’s 19 degrees below normal for this time of year. If you [...]

Last night (Friday) we reported a gust of 47mph @ 9:11pm here in Thousand Palms! Sustained winds for most of the evening were around 35. Visibility was down to a quarter mile at times with the blowing dust! There were also reports of at least 2 incidents of large profile vehicles along Interstate 10 being [...]