As the wind flows over the Sierra Nevada and Santa Ana mountains, it drops from high ... parching vegetation in its path that can easily become fuel for a fire. Extremely wet conditions in fall ...

The Santa Ana winds occur when there is high pressure to the east, in the Great Basin, and a low-pressure system off the coast. Air masses move from high pressure to low pressure, and the more extreme ...

Languages: English. Parts of Southern California continue to battle extreme drought as wind advisories remain in place amid Santa Ana winds that could spur wildfires should they erupt. Newsweek ...

Orange County and Santa Ana Mountains was placed under an updated wind advisory by the National Weather Service on Thursday ...

Santa Ana winds returned to San Diego County Wednesday evening, surging temperatures and prompting a wind advisory for much of the region. "The reason for the warmth, the ridge of high pressure ...

Firefighters in California are preparing for the return of powerful Santa Ana winds, which are expected to gust up to 70 miles per hour on Wednesday, potentially leading to more wildfire evacuations.

The intense and fast-moving fires that have cut a path of destruction through the suburbs of Los Angeles, killing at least two people, are being driven by the region’s powerful Santa Ana winds, with ...

The government led by Mayor Ismael Burgueño Ruiz of Tijuana has issued an alert regarding the forecast of Santa Ana winds in the city with wind gusts exceeding 70 kilometers per hour in high altitude ...

Shifting weather patterns will produce a taste of summer, along with stiff Santa Ana winds, followed by a cooling trend and the possibility of rain throughout the Inland Empire this week and ...

Jon Keeley, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) Powerful Santa Ana winds, with gusts reaching hurricane strength, swept down the mountains outside Los Angeles and spread ...