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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".
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 ...
Santa Ana winds will increase into early Tuesday, bringing the threat of damaging winds gusting from 60 to 80 miles per hour across the prone mountain regions surrounding Los Angeles.Spanning from ...
A storm developing offshore from Southern California paired with high pressure centered over the West is creating yet another setup for dry, offshore winds into Wednesday. Forecasters warn that ...
Strong northeasterly winds, known as Santa Ana, will howl through the mountains and canyons of Southern California into Thursday, igniting a wildfire risk not seen for years in the region ...
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.
Last week, Santa Ana wind gusts reached hurricane strength at times before calming in the last few days. Federal forecasters said a high pressure system is helping to spin up the winds anew ...
"An area of high pressure over the Great Basin combined with a storm in northwestern Mexico has created the conditions for strong winds over Southern California starting on Tuesday," said ...