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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. What are the Santa Ana winds fueling wildfires in Southern ...

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   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 ...

4. How 'hellish' Santa Ana winds are fueling destructive fires ...

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   The winds from hell have returned. Santa Ana winds, one of the nation's most notorious wind events and an ongoing weather hazard in Southern California, have helped fuel the destructive wildfires ...

5. What causes the Santa Ana winds — and how they fuel ... - AOL

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   The winds — often dubbed “Devil Winds” — are believed to be named after the Santa Ana Canyon in Orange County. How do the Santa Ana winds form? The winds are created by high pressure over ...

6. Santa Ana winds: facts and fiction - AOL

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   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.

7. What are California's Santa Ana winds? - AOL Sports

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   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.

8. Intense Santa Ana winds resume around Los Angeles - AOL

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   Following the devastating fires that expanded across areas of Los Angeles and Ventura counties over the last week and resulted in multiple fatalities, AccuWeather forecasters warn that the second ...

9. 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 ...