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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 mph were [...]

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 MOUNTAINS…

HARDING/MODJESKA……………84 MPH
FREMONT CANYON……………..67 MPH
EL CARISO………………….53 MPH
CASE SPRINGS……………….34 MPH

ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS…

IRVINE…………………….38 MPH
JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT………….29 [...]

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 traveled [...]