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NWS warned the strongest winds since late 2011 would be possible for some areas. Ahead of this event, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Los Angeles said wind gusts of 50 to 80 mph were likely ...
On Sunday morning, a wind gust of 73 mph was reported by the National Weather Service near Crestline, California, representing the strongest wind gust from the Santa Ana event thus far.
Wind gusts of up to 65 mph are expected in the mountains, while 30-50 mph gusts are likely everywhere else. Humidity stays low as well, further fueling the likelihood of rapid fire spread.
The Santa Anas are katabatic winds (Greek for "flowing downhill") arising in higher altitudes and blowing down towards sea level. [7] The National Weather Service defines Santa Ana winds as "a weather condition [in southern California] in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions".
Dozens of instances of large hail, damaging wind gusts, and multiple tornadoes were confirmed with this event, including an EF2 tornado that killed a person in Cheyenne, Oklahoma. A 114 mph (183 km/h) wind gust from straight-line winds was reported in Memphis, Texas, which was the highest wind gust since the August 2020 Midwest derecho.
"Wind gusts are expected to peak at 30-50 mph across portions of Southern California" according to Fieweger. This would be the case for communities like Santa Clarita and Riverside.
Fire ecologist Chad Hanson told BBC News that it would be a “rough night” for fire crews. “These winds are unique to southern California and it results in extreme, sustained wind events with ...
Winds from the storm gusting up to 61 mph (98 km/h) [30] resulted in power outages for over 170,000 customers, around the Seattle metropolitan area and around Puget Sound. [ 6 ] [ 4 ] The highest winds recorded in Washington state were 85 mph (137 km/h) gusts on the Long Beach Peninsula .