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This also makes the pass area one of the windiest places in the United States, and why it is home to the San Gorgonio Pass wind farm. It serves as a major transportation corridor between the Greater Los Angeles region and the Coachella Valley, and ultimately into Arizona and the United States interior.
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".
Development of the wind farm began in the 1980s. [2] It is one of the first three major wind farm areas in California, along with those at Altamont and the Tehachapi passes. As of May 2024, the wind farm consists of 666 wind turbines with a total rated capacity of 628 MW, built as part of 26 projects. [3]
Those who have not experienced Santa Ana winds might not appreciate how strong they can be. In March 2024 after a cold storm coming from the Great Basin, the mountains near Santa Clarita recorded ...
Tall palm trees sway in the wind early on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) Strong winds expected in parts of Southern ...
Santa Ana winds are katabatic, gravity-driven winds, draining air off the high deserts, while the Diablo-type wind originates mainly from strongly sinking air from aloft, pushed toward the coast by higher pressure aloft. Thus, Santa Anas are strongest in canyons, whereas a Diablo wind is first noted and blows strongest atop the various mountain ...
Sun Valley is part of the City of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Fire Department Fire Station 77 [25] is located in the Sun Valley area. The station is in the Battalion 12 district. The United States Postal Service Sun Valley Post Office is located at 10946 Ratner Street. [26]
The etymology of the word sundowner is uncertain, but it may derive from the Spanish term zonda, or from the Arabic simoom, which are both similar wind phenomena. [5] It is also typically the case that sundowner winds commence in the evening near sunset, when onshore sea breezes abate and offshore flows such as the sundowners pick up.