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.

This process is what is thermodynamically known as katabatic wind, but in the specific case of Southern California is referred to as the Santa Ana winds. As the air descends the Transverse Ranges ...

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 ...

California could see up to 1.5 million acres burned this year, AccuWeather said. That'd be an increase from 2024 and the ...

Southern California Edison started work this week to prepare an idle power transmission line for removal from the area where ...

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Santa Ana, the poorest and most heavily minority district in Orange County, will be hit hardest. This is not an accident. Nearly 60 percent of California’s K-12 students come from low-income ...

It's not yet clear how the Santa Ana wind season ... will play out in Southern California and contribute to the region’s wildfire season, Pastelok said. These winds notably helped fuel the ...