How Santa Ana winds fueled the deadly fires in Southern California
The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region sees about 10 Santa Ana wind events a year on average, typically occurring from fall into January. When conditions are dry, as they are right now, these winds can become a severe fire hazard.
As drought worsens in Southern California, Santa Ana winds bring 'extreme fire conditions'
The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for Los Angeles and parts of Ventura County through Thursday evening, meaning that conditions for wildfires will be at their highest thanks to low humidity,
The fire was reported just before 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 13 and has prompted an evacuation warning in the area.
Santa Ana winds are produced when an area of surface high pressure builds into the Great Basin, setting up a large ...
The Santa Ana winds form in a western area of the country known as the Great Basin, which includes Nevada and part of Utah. The basin sits at a higher elevation than Southern California.
A look at how intense gusts rarely before seen in Southern California stoked blazes in urban areas in and around Los Angeles.
Santa Ana winds are common in Southern California during cooler months ... Santa Anas are created by high pressure over ...
The 75-acre Woodley Fire sparked Wednesday morning near the Sepulveda Basin in the San Fernando Valley. The blaze is burning ...
Strong winds are fueling fires and kicking up dust, leading to dangerously poor air quality across the South Coast Air Basin.
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