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In 1988, an early season winter storm produced high winds from the Great Plains to New England and heavy snow in Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. Gusts reached 64 mph in Knoxville, Tennessee and 80 mph at Pleasant Valley, Vermont. && In 1961, strong Santa Ana winds in California fanned the flames of the Brentwood and Bel Air fires. Many homes were destroyed. At 10 PM, the Los Angeles Civic Center had a temperature of 74 degrees, with a dew point of 5 degrees. The relative humidity in Burbank was 3 percent on the 6th. This shows how extremely dry it was, and how quickly fires can spread under these circumstances.

 


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