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

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

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 ...

One of the biggest stories of 2025 thus far has been the wildfires in California. A common occurrence in that state, ...

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

When the wind rushes into Southern California from the northeast, as it does during a Santa Ana, it's coming from ... from high winds.Victor Gensini, a Northern Illinois University climate ...

So far, the strongest winds recorded during the fires were around 100 miles per hour, which is considered hurricane-force strength. The strong Santa Ana winds are still expected to remain throughout ...

Santa Ana winds become strong, drying out the air even more That's why the National Weather Service in southern California has issued a Red Flag Warning. The combination of strong gusts and ...

After a break in strong winds that helped firefighters make progress against the deadly blazes in Southern California, gusty Santa Ana winds are returning to the region this week, raising the ...