The strong winds fueling the devastating Southern California wildfires start in the Great Basin that includes Utah and Nevada ...

The winds are common in California in the colder months, but they can sometimes help spread dangerous wildfires.

The Santa Ana wind forecast for Southern California has worsened, and forecasters now expect to issue a red flag fire weather ...

The ferocious wildfires turning the Los Angeles area into a raging inferno are being fueled by “hurricane force” Santa Ana ...

Topography matters, too — treeless mountain peaks are typically windier without those trees, or buildings, to slow the winds. And different parts of Earth — water and land — heat from sunlight at ...

Santa Anas are those desiccating winds that occur commonly in winter, blowing out of Nevada and Utah and into southwestern ...

The devastating fires across Southern California are being driven by the Santa Ana winds, as incredibly dry and windy ...

The National Weather Service has issued an extreme weather warning of a life-threatening and destructive windstorm ...

Wind gusts of 50 to 70 mph in the mountains and 30 to 50 mph on the coasts and valleys are forecast for Los Angeles and ...

Another wave of Santa Ana winds arrive Saturday ... bumping into a ridge of high pressure settling over the Great Basin of Utah and Nevada, creating a "tight" pressure gradient that will produce ...

The weather set-up is key to the Santa Ana winds blowing. They occur when a large area of high pressure becomes established ...