Just a few years after the ozone hole was detected via satellite, the industrialized nations of the world, meeting in ...

How do the Santa Ana winds form? The winds are created by high pressure over the Great Basin — a desert region that spans several states, including California, Nevada, Oregon and Utah.

The Santa Ana winds become particularly dangerous when combined with other climate conditions such as drought, which increases the risk of wildfires like the ones currently raging in the Los Angeles ...

To understand how the Santa Ana winds form, Mr. Hall said, imagine the Great Basin as “a big bowl,” topographically speaking, its sides lined with holes representing mountain passes.

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

The Santa Ana winds that spread the fires with lightning speed blew with ... It is famous for its rapid growth into a perfect ...

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

How do they form? Santa Anas are created by high pressure ... Humidity levels often plunge to single-digit percentages during a Santa Ana wind. The extreme lack of humidity in the air causes ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has deployed fire engines, water-dropping aircraft and hand crews across the region—to ...

Much of inland San Diego County was whipped yet again by a strong Santa Ana wind event Monday into Tuesday, contributing to ...

Known as "devil winds" or "katabatic winds," Greek for "flowing downhill," Santa Ana winds form from cool and dry high-pressure air mass areas in the so-called Great Basin of Central California.

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 ...