The Santa Ana winds, occasionally referred to as the devil winds, [1] [2] are strong, extremely dry katabatic winds that originate inland and affect coastal Southern California and northern Baja California. They originate from cool, dry high-pressure air masses in the Great Basin.

Jan 9, 2025 · Multiple wildfires are burning in Los Angeles, fueled by Santa Ana winds. NPR speaks with a National Weather Service meteorologist about why these winds can be so …

2 days ago · Fires driven by Santa Ana winds, the infamous gusts that howl in over the mountains to the city’s north, account for about 90 percent of the area burned by fall and winter wildfires in Southern ...

Jan 8, 2025 · Santa Ana winds are produced when an area of surface high pressure builds into the Great Basin, setting up a large, anomalous pressure difference between the inland high and lower pressure near...

Jan 7, 2025 · Santa Anas are dry, warm and gusty northeast winds that blow from the interior of Southern California toward the coast and offshore, moving in the opposite direction of the normal onshore...

Jan 9, 2025 · INSKEEP: What are Santa Ana winds? COHEN: Santa Ana winds are a regime of atmospheric flow unique to portions of Southern California, where we have strong high pressure that builds over the Great Basin area. It spreads through the coastal ranges and adjacent foothills of Southern California.

Jan 8, 2025 · The intense and fast-moving fires that have cut a path of destruction through the suburbs of Los Angeles, killing at least two people, are being driven by the region's powerful Santa Ana winds ...

Jan 7, 2025 · The winds are common in California in the colder months, but they can sometimes help spread dangerous wildfires. By Camille Baker A Santa Ana wind event is fueling wildfires in Los Angeles that ...

Oct 26, 2024 · Also called “devil winds,” the Santa Ana winds blow down from the Santa Ana mountains, the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range in Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. The winds blow across westward across the coast and into the Pacific Ocean.

Jan 8, 2025 · The intense and fast-moving fires that have cut a path of destruction through the suburbs of Los Angeles, killing at least two people, are being driven by the region's powerful Santa Ana winds, with gusts that in some cases surpass hurricane-strength.