WEATHER: A Red Flag Warning has been issued for Southern California through Monday.
The worst of the winds in the San Francisco Bay area were overnight and this morning with gusts reported up to near 90 mph with Oakland Airport gusting near 60 mph.
But the real danger begins this morning and into the afternoon with winds expected to gust near 80 mph in Los Angeles County and low humidity of less than 10% will make conditions prime for rapid fire spread. A Red Flag Warning has been issued for Southern California through today and the forecasted wind gusts in Burbank around noon today could be near 80 mph.
The actual temperature in Montana fell to a record breaking 29 degrees below zero, the lowest temperature measured at an official climate station anywhere in the lower 48 states so early in the season in any year.This morning’s wind chills are in the 20s all the way to Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle.In addition to the cold, record breaking snowfall was reported from Montana to Colorado and east to Minnesota over the weekend where some areas got up to 25 inches of snow.
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