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2. Santa Ana winds - Wikipedia

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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".

3. Catalina eddy - Wikipedia

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   A Catalina eddy is rarely prolonged. As the heat over the deserts causes air to rise, the resulting pressure gradient and increase in the normal onshore winds causes the vortex to dissipate. The result is the common local weather forecast calling for "late night and early morning low clouds and fog, followed by afternoon sunshine and sea breezes."

4. Prevailing winds - Wikipedia

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   Prevailing winds are strongly influenced by Earth's overall atmospheric circulation, in addition to smaller-scale and shorter-lived weather phenomena. In meteorology, prevailing wind in a region of the Earth's surface is a surface wind that blows predominantly from a particular direction. The dominant winds are the trends in direction of wind ...

5. Powerful Santa Ana winds intensify fast-moving wildfires in ...

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   A serious wildfire situation has unfolded for coastal areas of Southern California as a powerful Santa Ana event that can even reach into the metro areas of Los Angeles and San Diego continues ...

6. Santa Ana winds threaten again this week as firefighters ...

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   The Santa Ana winds that fanned the fires devastating Southern California were forecast to return as firefighters scrambled to douse the deadly blazes that have destroyed more than 10,000 homes, ...

7. Concord, CA Weather - Hourly Forecasts and Local Weather ...

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   Get the Concord, CA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Calmer winds, extended break from Santa Ana gusts to assist firefighting efforts in L.A. area.