The winds fueling Southern California wildfires form when a high-pressure system develops over the Great Basin in Utah and ...

The winds are common in California in the colder months, but they can sometimes help spread dangerous wildfires.

The Santa Ana winds become particularly dangerous when combined with other climate conditions such as drought, which ...

The Santa Ana wind forecast for Southern California has worsened, and forecasters now expect to issue a red flag fire weather ...

The ferocious wildfires turning the Los Angeles area into a raging inferno are being fueled by “hurricane force” Santa Ana ...

Following a few days of quieter conditions, Santa Ana winds will strengthen again increasing fears of explosive fire growth ...

Santa Anas are created by high pressure over the Great Basin — the vast desert interior of the West overlapping Nevada, parts of Utah and other ... Santa Ana winds pushed the fire south, where ...

That’s leading to the creation of mountain waves, which arise when strong winds blow perpendicular to a mountain range. The ...

Another wave of Santa Ana winds arrive Saturday ... bumping into a ridge of high pressure settling over the Great Basin of Utah and Nevada, creating a "tight" pressure gradient that will produce ...

“Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill and Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis are among those evacuating their homes as fires continue to ...

The windstorms occur when cold air gathers in the neighboring states of Nevada and Utah. As it moves west ... forecast to continue this week. Santa Ana winds usually occur between September ...

The devastating fires across Southern California are being driven by the Santa Ana winds, as incredibly dry and windy ...