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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".
The warm and cold flavors of Santa Ana winds are generally rooted in the same dynamics. But cold Santa Ana wind events, Houk said, are driven by mid- and upper-level low pressure and colder air aloft.
Additional Santa Ana events seem likely as the pattern of high pressure areas building across the interior Southwest and ripples in the jet stream drop southward along the California coast later ...
Santa Ana winds will increase into early Tuesday, ... In addition to the overall dry pattern ahead, temperatures will be on an upward trend over the upcoming week. Downtown Los Angeles is forecast ...
Santa Ana winds can sweep urban pollution away, creating sparkling vistas. At the same time, the extreme lack of moisture dries out lips, noses, throats and skin. In the short story “Red Wind,” Raymond Chandler captured the emotional effect: “There was a desert wind blowing that night.
After a break in strong winds that helped firefighters make progress against the deadly blazes in Southern California, gusty Santa Ana winds are returning to the region this week, raising the ...
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.
The fast-moving wildfires ripping through Southern California are being fueled by the state’s fierce Santa Ana winds. The Los Angeles Fire Department is bracing itself for the bruising winds to ...