LOS ANGELES – Southern California braces for a ferocious return of fire danger as the National Weather Service issues its most urgent warning for extreme fire weather. Destructive Santa Ana ...

Multiple counties in Southern California were under red flag warnings from the NWS early Monday, with the service warning of ...

a wildfire specialist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, to NBC News’ Denise Chow. While the region is currently getting a break from the Santa Ana, meteorologists expect the winds ...

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

Jon Keeley, a research ecologist in California with the U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct professor at UCLA, explains what ...

After a break in strong winds that helped firefighters make progress against the deadly blazes in Southern California, gusty Santa Ana winds are ... Ventura and Santa Barbara counties could ...

Winds in Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara ... Ana winds typically start. (Photo: National Weather Service) "Concurrently, a low-pressure system often forms off the coast of Southern ...

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 ... Diego and Santa Barbara was March ...