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KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-051600-  
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS  
512 AM CST WED NOV 5 2025  
   
..ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY  
 
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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