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It is located in southern Santa Barbara County, California, about 33 miles (53 km) west of the city of Santa Barbara. [1] One of three state parks along the Gaviota Coast, it extends from the Pacific coast to the crest of the Santa Ynez Mountains, and is adjacent to Los Padres National Forest. The 2,787-acre (1,128 ha) park was established in 1953.
The etymology of the word sundowner is uncertain, but it may derive from the Spanish term zonda, or from the Arabic simoom, which are both similar wind phenomena. [5] It is also typically the case that sundowner winds commence in the evening near sunset, when onshore sea breezes abate and offshore flows such as the sundowners pick up.
These low humidities, combined with the warm, compressionally-heated air mass, plus the high wind speeds, create critical fire weather conditions. The combination of wind, heat, and dryness accompanying the Santa Ana winds turns the chaparral into explosive fuel feeding the infamous wildfires for which the region is known.
Wildfires began breaking out in Southern California Tuesday morning as a life-threatening, widespread windstorm that could be one of the most destructive to hit the region in over a decade roars ...
Get the Castro Valley, CA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
Gusts of 30-50 mph can be found in the more typical Santa Ana wind spots, with peak gusts between 60 and 70 mph outside of the downtown area. This will keep the fire risk critical and the ...
The Weather Prediction Center's Excessive Rainfall Outlook on February 4 NOAA Automated Atmospheric River Detection Real-time Application to Satellite-Derived IWV Data on February 3 From February 1 to February 2, 2024, California experienced the impact of the first Pineapple Express storm caused by the atmospheric river, which subsequently ...
Observing weather data, clues of past wind events are immediately cle. The Santa Ana winds of Southern California can be visualized in several ways. You can see their effects as palm trees sway in ...