Hours before they were expected to fade away, powerful Santa Ana winds swept San Diego County from the mountains to the sea Thursday, stoking new wildfires — one near UC San Diego, the other on Otay ...

Damaging winds, downed trees, power outages and raging wildfires. Santa Ana winds can lead to all of these and more, potentially leading to life-threatening conditions. Knowing what Santa Ana ...

65 in Fremont Canyon in Orange County's Santa Ana Mountains, and 64 in Deer Canyon in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains in northeastern Orange County. Last week, Santa Ana wind gusts ...

A critical fire threat will continue across County as Santa Ana winds and dry conditions persist through early Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

As the wind flows over the Sierra Nevada and Santa Ana mountains, it drops from high elevation to sea level. The sinking air becomes compressed and heats up, and its relative humidity drops.

Powerful Santa Ana winds, near hurricane strength at times, swept down the mountains outside Los Angeles and pushed wildfires into several neighborhoods starting Jan. 7, 2025. Well over 1,000 homes ...

said the winds were expected to follow the typical Santa Ana direction, blowing northeast to southwest. The areas with the strongest winds will stretch from the mountains northeast of the Santa ...

Santa Ana winds gusted over 80 mph overnight in the mountains outside of LA. Strong Santa Ana winds are hitting fire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday morning, but the winds will relax later in the ...

"A strong Santa Ana Wind event is expected to develop Monday and last through at least Tuesday," the National Weather Service ...

It burned almost 100,000 acres, including more than 21,000 acres of National Park Service land. Santa Ana winds pushed the fire south, where it went into the Santa Monica Mountains.

Santa Ana winds occur when air flows west from a ... As that cool interior air flows over and through mountain passes, it accelerates, sinks and compresses. Unable to view our graphics?