Damaging Santa Ana Winds In Los Angeles Area, Southern California Pose Extreme Fire Danger
Santa Ana winds are caused by strong high pressure over the Great Basin region of the West creating a pressure gradient that amps up winds through the mountains, foothills and sometimes valleys of Southern California. In this case, the winds are getting a major boost from a strong upper-level low pushing southward across the state.
Thousands of people have fled their homes as a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades has grown to more than 17,000 acres ...
High pressure is building from the north and that will help to tighten the pressure gradient over southern California, ...
Jon Keeley, a research ecologist in California with the U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct professor at UCLA, explains what ...
At least five wildfires are ravaging Southern California, and the three largest have already killed at least five people, ...
By the time the winds get to the point where the Eaton Fire broke out in Altadena on Jan. 7, it’s not uncommon for them to ...
Firefighters are still trying to extinguish several wildfires burning parts of Southern California. At least five people were ...
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The blaze began shortly after the start of a Santa Ana windstorm that the National Weather service warned could be the ...
Dry air and strong winds are some of the reasons residents in Southern California have recently been dealing with ...
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