Katabatic winds? Adiabatic compression? Time for a thermodynamics lesson! The record lack of rain has also made this Santa Ana event different.

With gusts reaching over 93 miles per hour, these winds are the main culprits behind the fierce spread of fires in Los ...

are scientifically termed katabatic winds.) The Santa Ana winds are additionally funneled through narrow mountain canyons, which causes them to speed up. The hot, dry and fast nature of these ...

Although the Santa Anas are a routine part of life for people living in southern California, the winds are particularly ...

Santa Anas are dry, warm and gusty northeast winds that blow from the interior of Southern California toward the coast and ...

Santa Ana winds are one of the nation's most notorious wind events and an ongoing weather hazard in Southern California.

says the Santa Ana winds are most common during the cooler ... The key characteristic is that the winds are what's known as katabatic, meaning they flow downhill, says Mingfang Ting, a professor ...