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The best-accepted explanation for the name Santa Ana winds is that it is derived from the Santa Ana Canyon in Orange County, one of the many locations where the winds blow intensely. [1] [7] [5] Newspaper references to the name Santa Ana winds appear as far back as 1882. [13] Per the Riverside Press-Enterprise in 2020: [30]
These winds are notorious for causing hot, dry weather due to compressional heating of the lower atmosphere. Notable Santa Ana windstorms happen several times a year between fall and spring. Once every several years a strong windstorm causes significant damage, toppling or uprooting large old trees and damaging structures across the region.
"Chinook" is used for coastal Chinook winds in British Columbia, and is the original use of the term, being rooted in the lore of coastal natives and immigrants, and brought to Alberta by French-speaking fur-traders. [1] [9] Such winds are extremely wet and warm and arrive off the western coast of North America from the southwest.
Santa Ana winds that typically start this month blow westward toward densely populated areas. ... California wildfires have so far burned nearly four times as much land in 2024 as at the same time ...
On Sunday morning, a wind gust of 73 mph was reported by the National Weather Service near Crestline, California, representing the strongest wind gust from the Santa Ana event thus far.
Santa Ana winds wreak havoc across Southern California. Summer Lin, Christian Martinez. November 16, 2022 at 7:54 AM. The strongest Santa Ana winds of the year lashed Los Angeles and Ventura ...
Santa Ana winds in California expand fires and spread smoke over hundreds of miles, as in this October 2007 satellite image The Rim Fire consumed more than 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of forest near Yosemite National Park, in 2013. This is a partial and incomplete list of California wildfires. California has dry, windy, and often hot weather ...
Strong winds will howl across parts of Southern California this week that could cause damage and increase the risk for wildfires, following on the heels of a Santa Ana event that took place just ...