enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Catalina eddy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_eddy

    The Catalina eddy wind pattern, also called the "coastal eddy" or "marine layer," is a localized weather phenomenon that occurs in the Southern California Bight, the mostly concave portion of the Southern California coast running from Point Conception to San Diego.

  3. Santa Ana winds - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_winds

    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".

  4. June Gloom - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Gloom

    The marine layer effect is weakened when a weak high pressure system is in place over the region, and the marine layer will be very weak or nonexistent when there is a strong high-pressure system affecting southern California. The National Weather Service graphic on the right explains the effects of atmospheric conditions upon the marine layer ...

  5. Red flag warnings set to take effect throughout Southern ...

    www.aol.com/news/red-flag-warnings-set-effect...

    Red flag warnings will go into effect early Monday for large swaths of Southern California, from Los Angeles to San Diego, due to strong Santa Ana winds, according to the National Weather Service.

  6. Southern California, CA Weather - Hourly Forecasts and Local ...

    www.aol.com/.../southern-california-55857167

    Get the Southern California, CA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.

  7. What explains this week's Southern California scorcher? In ...

    www.aol.com/weather/explains-weeks-southern...

    As for the Southern California heat wave, where even overnight temperatures are forecast to be in the 70s with a smattering of 80s, limiting outdoor activities to the mornings and evenings and ...

  8. Marine layer - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_layer

    Sea of fog riding the coastal marine layer through the Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco, California Afternoon smog within a coastal marine layer in West Los Angeles. A marine layer is an air mass that develops over the surface of a large body of water, such as an ocean or large lake, in the presence of a temperature inversion.

  9. Climate of California - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_California

    California's coastal regions, the Sierra Nevada foothills, and much of the Central Valley have a Mediterranean climate, with warmer, drier weather in summer and cooler, wetter weather in winter. The influence of the ocean generally moderates temperature extremes, creating warmer winters and substantially cooler summers in coastal areas.