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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".
Because of the topography, much of downtown Los Angeles will be protected from the strong winds, but moderate gusts can reach all the way to the coast, such as in Oxnard and Newport Beach, California.
Coastal California is heavily influenced by east–west distances to the dominant cold California Current as well as microclimates.Due to hills and coast ranges having strong meteorological effects, summer and winter temperatures (other than occasional heat waves) are heavily moderated by ocean currents and fog with strong seasonal lags compared to interior valleys as little as 10 mi (16 km) away.
A map shows California’s tsunami hazard area, which is highlighted in yellow. Tsunamis are among the most infrequent of Earth’s natural hazards but preparedness remains critical (California ...
The Cascadia subduction zone is a 960 km (600 mi) fault at a convergent plate boundary, about 100–200 km (70–100 mi) off the Pacific coast, that stretches from northern Vancouver Island in Canada to Northern California in the United States
A wildfire in Southern California has destroyed homes and prompted evacuations in Malibu, the iconic, affluent and mountainous beach community. 'Dangerous situation': Powerful, erratic Santa Ana ...
The quake occurred around 10:45 a.m. local time about 45 miles southwest of the coast of Eureka, Calif., some 100 miles south of the Oregon border, the National Tsunami Warning Center said.
Map of warning breakpoints. The state of California rarely experiences Pacific hurricanes for various reasons. Typically, storms in the region move to the west or northwest, away from the North American mainland and out to sea. In addition, much of the coast of California experiences cold sea surface temperatures due to the California Current.