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Diablo winds: Hot, dry, sometimes violent, east winds across the San Francisco Bay area. Diablo winds caused the disastrous (3,000 homes destroyed) $1.5 billion Oakland Hills fire on Oct. 20, 1991.

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Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN-TV News at noon and 9 p.m.

WGN-TV meteorologists Steve Kahn, Richard Koeneman and Paul Dailey plus weather producer Bill Snyder contribute to this page.