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Despite its long coastline, California is not vulnerable to tropical cyclones. Because of the cold California Current from the North Pacific Ocean and the fact that the storms tend to "steer" west, California has only been hit with three tropical storms in recorded history, a storm which came ashore in 1939 and dumped heavy rainfall on the Los ...
The general duration of this is not looking good," said National Weather Service meteorologist Rose Schoenfeld. Winds, combined with low humidity of around 5-15%, will bring a continued risk of ...
The department warned that while "clear and cool temperatures" with moderate humidity levels are expected through the night, a red flag warning for much of Southern California will last from ...
USA TODAY analysis finds 3.3 million Americans live in areas with "very high" wildfire risk and 14.8 million more at “relatively high” risk.
Climate change in California has resulted in higher than average temperatures, leading to increased occurrences of droughts and wildfires. [3] Over the next few decades in California , climate change is predicted to further reduce water availability, increase wildfire risk, decrease agricultural productivity , and threaten coastal ecosystems. [ 4 ]
The Santa Ana winds in Southern California sweep from the deserts and across the Los Angeles metropolitan area pushing smoke from wildfires far out into the Pacific Ocean. The Santa Ana winds are strong, extremely dry offshore winds that characteristically sweep across Southern California and northern Baja California during late September into ...
If all goes according to the forecasts, it could be the most significant rainfall downtown Los Angeles has seen since Christmas Eve when only 0.02 of an inch fell, he said. "It's difficult to ...
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".