Authorities warned this week of a possibly "life-threatening, destructive" Santa Ana windstorm, one that could rival or exceed conditions during the recent Mountain and Franklin fires. The ...

Looking ahead, drier weather will return next week with another Santa Ana wind event for the mountains and western valleys by Monday and Tuesday. More Santa Ana winds may occur later in the week ...

Days before hurricane-force Santa Ana wind gusts fueled fires that devastated ... colliding with the peak time of year for Santa Anas.

As a torrent of mud, timber and boulders roared through Foreman Creek in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Dec. 13, 2021, video later posted to YouTube by county officials showed an avalanche of debris ...

How downsloping winds can add to the threat for wildfires When air rushes down a mountain range, it compresses. Compression is a warming and a drying process. In the case of the Santa Ana winds ...

Officials warn the peak of the Santa Ana winds have been pushed back by ... between 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. Peak gusts for LA County mountains may reach 70 mph. Southern California coasts and the San ...

What are the Santa Ana winds? Santa Ana winds are hot, dry winds that blow in from the northeast. They pick up speed as they hit the mountains around LA, and send humidity levels plunging ...

This classic Santa Ana wind event will bring moderate to strong ... PDSs in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Nov. 6-7, 2024: Mountain Fire in Ventura County Dec. 9-10: Franklin Fire Jan. 7-8 ...

The basics of most Santa Ana wind events are that, typically, high pressure northeast of Southern California funnels air that direction. That air then sinks down the mountains inland from Los ...

The Santa Ana winds that led San Diego Gas & Electric to shut off power to more than 5,900 customers on Tuesday are now reaching their peak and come ... in the Cuyamaca Mountains, 53 mph in ...