Santa Ana Winds: What's Causing California's 'Life-Threatening' Storm?
A powerful Santa Ana windstorm is bringing hurricane-force gusts and fire risks to California. Here's everything you need to know about the weather phenomenon.
How do Santa Ana winds hinder fight against LA fires? We explain.
Santa Ana winds occur when air flows west from a region of high pressure over the dry Great Basin to lower pressure off the California coast, According to Accuweather. As that cool interior air flows over and through mountain passes, it accelerates, sinks and compresses.
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L.A. Wildfires: Santa Ana winds drive fire risk back up to extreme levels.
Santa Anas are the desiccating winds that are common in winter, blowing out of Nevada and Utah and into southwestern California. Carrying dry desert air, they push over the mountains in the Transverse Ranges and accelerate as they move downslope, howling into the canyons and valleys.
Santa Ana Sequel: Exhausted Angelenos Brace For Another “Particularly Dangerous” Windstorm With Gusts To 100 MPH
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What are the Santa Ana winds, fueling the fires in California?
The devastating fires across Southern California are being driven by the Santa Ana winds, as incredibly dry and windy conditions continue to heighten the fire danger
How the Ferocious Santa Ana Winds Are Fueling the Palisades Fire
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Science behind Santa Ana winds and fires in Southern California
Katabatic winds? Adiabatic compression? Time for a thermodynamics lesson! The record lack of rain has also made this Santa Ana event different.
How Santa Ana winds fueled the deadly fires in Southern California
Jon Keeley, a research ecologist in California with the U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct professor at UCLA, explains what causes extreme winds like this in Southern California, and why they create such a dangerous fire risk.
The Santa Ana Winds Driving the L.A. Wildfires
Devastating fires in the Los Angeles region are driven by Santa Ana winds blowing from California and Nevada’s interior deserts to the Pacific Ocean.
Los Angeles will face another round of fire-fueling Santa Ana winds starting today
After a weekend of reprieve allowing fire teams to continue making progress battling the deadly infernos burning in Los Angeles County, Southern California now faces another round of fire-fueling Santa Ana winds.
Los Angeles braces for more extreme Santa Ana winds, fire weather as officials issue new PDS warning
The National Weather Service has issued another rare Particularly Dangerous Situation warning in anticipation of Monday's Santa Ana wind event.
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L.A. Wildfires: Dry, dangerous winds are returning to a region primed to burn.
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Palisades Fire at 56% Containment; Strong Winds Coming This Week
Some residents were slowly returning to their homes in the Pacific Palisades, as containment of the deadly Palisades Fire has grown to 56% ahead of another dangerous Santa Ana wind event expected to ...
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