Crazy North Winds at Dockweiler

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Crazy North Winds at Dockweiler

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:31 pm

The Dockweiler Forecast shows 33 gusting to 43!!    :shock: :o

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https://www.weather.gov/wrh/WxTable?LAT ... YS=7&INT=1

If it weren't from the north, I might bring Little Hawk!!    :)
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Re: Crazy North Winds at Dockweiler

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Wed Jan 08, 2025 8:11 pm

The unusually strong forecast posted on Monday proved sadly to be correct by Tuesday.

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Re: Crazy North Winds at Dockweiler

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Fri Jan 10, 2025 9:27 am

https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/wildfir ... rcna186879

Jan. 8, 2025, 11:32 PM UTC / Updated Jan. 10, 2025, 2:56 PM UTC

By Tim Stelloh, Marlene Lenthang and Rebecca Cohen

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted Tuesday and roared across the Los Angeles area, destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least 10 people.

A Los Angeles County fire official said an untold number of significant injuries were linked to two of the fires, and a city official in Los Angeles described Tuesday night as "one of the most devastating and terrifying" that she had seen in her corner of the city.
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