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.

Santa Ana winds are returning to Southern California with wind gusts peaking up to 45 mph for parts of Los Angeles County.

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 ...

Languages: English. Parts of Southern California continue to battle extreme drought as wind advisories remain in place amid Santa Ana winds that could spur wildfires should they erupt. Newsweek ...

Santa Ana winds returned to San Diego County Wednesday evening, surging temperatures and prompting a wind advisory for much of the region. "The reason for the warmth, the ridge of high pressure ...

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 ...