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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 ...
Winds in the immediate Los Angeles basin should not be quite as strong as that of the extreme and rare event last week. However, winds of any sort will pose a fire risk even in the most urban ...
Powerful Santa Ana winds are returning to the Los Angeles area this week, ... AccuWeather said it expects some winds gusts to possibly reach 100 mph in the mountains as they did last week, ...
Last week, winds in excess of 100mph (160km/h) were recorded and the presence of a deep area of low pressure centred on the border with Mexico, boosted the strength of the Santa Ana wind.
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 ...
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".
Another moderate to strong Santa Ana wind event is expected to develop across Southern California during the first half of the workweek, heightening wildfire dangers in a region still coping with ...
"A minor pulse of wind or minor Santa Ana event seems likely from Thursday night to Friday morning, then there is increasing concern for a significant Santa Ana (high wind) and wildfire threat ...