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The Santa Ana winds sweep down from the deserts and across coastal Southern California, pushing dust and smoke from wildfires far out over the Pacific Ocean. Los Angeles is in the upper left of this image, while San Diego is near the center. The Santa Ana winds, also sometimes called the devil winds, [1][2] are strong, extremely dry downslope ...
Santa Ana winds are katabatic, gravity-driven winds, draining air off the high deserts, while the Diablo-type wind originates mainly from strongly sinking air from aloft, pushed toward the coast by higher pressure aloft. Thus, Santa Anas are strongest in canyons, whereas a Diablo wind is first noted and blows strongest atop the various mountain ...
The Witch Creek Fire, also known as the Witch Fire, [1] was the second-largest wildfire of the 2007 California wildfire season, [2] burning 197,990 acres (801 km 2) of land in San Diego County. Fanned by powerful Santa Ana winds, the Witch Creek Fire rapidly spread westward and consumed large portions of San Diego County.
Santa Ana winds, which occur when warm air blows and picks up speed as they travel from the inland deserts t. Tall palm trees sway in the wind early on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, in the San ...
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 ...
Strong Santa Ana winds hitting Southern California have toppled trees and knocked out power across the region. Some gusts have been recorded over 80 mph.
At the height of the Santa Ana winds on October 22, the winds reached sustained speeds of 90 mph (140 km/h), with wind gusts up to 112 mph (180 km/h) reported. [ 8 ] Southern California was in the midst of an unusual drought; in Los Angeles, California , with only 3.21 in (82 mm) of precipitation in 2006–2007, it was the driest year on record ...
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 ...