Santa Ana winds occur when air flows west from a region of high pressure over the dry Great Basin to lower pressure off the ...

Firefighters held the line against two massive wildfires that have ravaged parts of Los Angeles for the past week, even as ...

Topography matters, too — treeless mountain peaks are typically windier without those trees, or buildings, to slow the winds. And different parts of Earth — water and land — heat from sunlight at ...

The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region ...

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 ...

Los Angeles firefighters braced for intense winds that could fuel two monstrous wildfires that have already killed two dozen ...

Katabatic winds? Adiabatic compression? Time for a thermodynamics lesson! The record lack of rain has also made this Santa Ana event different.

Los Angeles is reeling from an extreme Santa Ana wind event that ... So what happened this time? La Niña happened. In a typical La Niña winter setup, Northern California sees wetter-than-average ...

California wildfires highlights ... Ahead of the forecasted return of the Santa Ana winds, additional water tankers and firefighters arrived in Los Angeles. LA mayor Karen Bass earlier showed ...

Air quality:As wildfire smoke chokes LA, see how many ... Which products in California could become more expensive under Trump's tariffs? According to Accuweather, Santa Ana winds occur when ...