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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".
Santa Ana (Spanish for ' Saint Anne ') is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, California, United States.Located in the Greater Los Angeles region of Southern California, the city's population was 310,227 at the 2020 census.
The Santa Ana winds of Southern California can be visualized in several ways. You can see their effects as palm trees sway in the morning light or when clean-up crews arrive to deal with branches ...
Santa Ana winds, which are common in Southern California during cooler months, are behind some of the Golden State’s most vicious fires.
Santianna (a.k.a. Santa Ana), a traditional sea-shanty (folk song) Santa Ana, a tune recorded by British instrumental group The Shadows on their 1964 album The Sound of The Shadows; Santa Ana, a 1973 song by Bruce Springsteen released in 1998 on the 4-disc box set Tracks; Santa Ana Winds, a song by Survivor, closing the band’s 1983 album ...
The Santa Ana winds form in a western area of the country known as the Great Basin, which includes Nevada and part of Utah. The basin sits at a higher elevation than Southern California.
Santa Ana winds are katabatic, gravity-driven winds, draining air off the high deserts, while the Diablo-type wind originates mainly from strongly sinking air from aloft, pushed toward the coast by higher pressure aloft. Thus, Santa Anas are strongest in canyons, whereas a Diablo wind is first noted and blows strongest atop the various mountain ...
Santa Ana winds flow east to west through Southern California's mountains, according to the National Weather Service. They begin when winds from the desert flow westward toward an area of low ...