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The same wind pattern also affects other parts of California's coastal ranges and the western slopes of Sierra Nevada, with many media and government groups using the term Diablo winds for strong, dry downslope wind over northern and central California. [1]
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 Catalina eddy wind pattern, also called the "coastal eddy" or "marine layer," is a localized weather phenomenon that occurs in the Southern California Bight, the mostly concave portion of the Southern California coast running from Point Conception to San Diego.
Firefighters look for hotspots at a burn down home due to the Palisades Fire, along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, U.S., Jan. 12, 2025.
Due to higher average winds in the plains area of the U.S., California ranked fifth in wind generation in 2018. [27] In January 2018, the Tule Wind Project came online. Located in eastern San Diego County, the facility has 57 wind turbines which collectively generate 131.1 megawatts of electricity.
This likely isn’t the worst California will see this rainy season. Rain, wind and storms to ‘linger for several days’ across California, latest forecasts say Skip to main content
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 ...
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 with the highest speed over a particular point on the Earth's surface at any given time.