Santa Ana winds are a geographically specific type of wind that occur in Southern California known as katabatic winds. They are cold, dry, down-sloping winds that warm as they descend a mountain side.

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 ...

Santa Ana windstorms happen regularly in Southern California, but experts say the current winds are stronger than usual. These winds occur when a high-pressure system forms over the deserts of the ...

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 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 ...

Weak Santa Ana winds Thursday and Friday will continue to warm us up and dry us out into the weekend. Winds will remain below advisory level with top gusts 25 miles per hour for mountains 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 ...