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SAN FRANCISCO − A "devil wind" is coming to northern and coastal California, and it could mean pre-emptive power shutdowns for close to 30,000 households in 30 counties as soon as Thursday, the ...
Targeted power shutoffs were also possible in Southern California, where another notorious weather phenomenon, the Santa Ana winds, are expected Friday and Saturday. Winds around greater Los Angeles won't be as powerful as up north, with gusts between 25 and 40 mph (40 and 64 kph) possible in mountains and foothills, said Mike Wofford, a ...
In Northern California, the National Weather Service recorded gusts hitting 63 mph at Mt. St. Helena and 48 mph at Mt. Diablo. The high winds continued into Saturday morning, when gusts of up to ...
For the second time in three weeks, a “diablo wind” — notorious in autumn for its hot, dry gusts — was expected to whip up starting in the evening across Northern California. Forecasters have issued red flag warnings for fire danger until Thursday from the central coast through the San Francisco Bay Area and into counties to the north.
Diablo winds expected to kick up. Diablo winds, known in the south state as Santa Ana winds, are seasonal for autumn and move warmer air from Nevada and Utah into California, drying out grasses ...
Diablo wind is a name that has been occasionally used for the hot, dry wind from the northeast that typically occurs in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California during the spring and fall.
But PG&E’s meteorologists — who have been monitoring the forecast for a high-pressure ridge to build over the Great Basin, opening the door to so-called Diablo winds — said as many as 30 ...
Diablo (hot, dry, offshore wind from the northeast in the San Francisco bay) The Hawk (cold winter wind in Chicago) Jarbo Gap Wind (associated with and often referred to as a Diablo Wind; katabatic winds in the Northern Sierra Nevada in the vicinity of Jarbo Gap, often contributing to the growth of local wildfires) [8] [9]