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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".
From the Los Angeles River to San Francisco baseball, William A. Selby's "The California Sky Watcher" examines the far-reaching consequences of the state's climate.
Check back with us at weather.com for the latest on this California storm. Jonathan Erdman is a senior meteorologist at weather.com and has been covering national and international weather since 1996.
Fire-ravaged Southern California faces an unprecedented “extreme fire risk” Tuesday with the return of powerful Santa Ana winds — which may reach up to 75 mph, forecasters warned.
Tule fog is a radiation fog, which condenses when there is a high relative humidity (typically after a heavy rain), calm winds, and rapid cooling during the night. The nights are longer in the winter months, which allows an extended period of ground cooling, and thereby a pronounced temperature inversion at a low altitude.
A standard weather phenomenon along the northern and central California coast from late spring to early fall. May Gray / June Gloom : A characteristic weather pattern of late spring (May and June) in which a combination of inland heat, off-shore cool water, and prevailing wind patterns bring foggy and overcast weather to coastal regions.
The last time downtown Los Angeles picked up 0.25 of an inch or greater from a single storm was back in the middle of April. Since the start of the new water year (Oct. 1), there has only been 0. ...
Another day of gusty winds is forecast Wednesday for Southern California, where a rare "Particularly Dangerous Situation" red flag warning continues until 3 p.m. for western Los Angeles County and ...