The Santa Ana winds fanning wildfires that have killed at least 25 people in Southern California and destroyed more than ...

The nature of the Santa Ana winds makes them perfectly suited to fueling blazes like the Palisades Fire, and climate change ...

With gusts reaching over 93 miles per hour, these winds are the main culprits behind the fierce spread of fires in Los ...

Between avalanches, geysers, and katabatic winds, the Martian spring has been packing all the worst weather events into its small northern ice cap. November 12 marked the new year on Mars ...

A "perfect storm" of drought and Santa Ana winds have combined, experts say, to make the wildfires so fierce and difficult to ...

The downhill winds produced are called katabatic winds. They do an efficient job controlling the maximum temperatures on the surface of the glaciers, which occur namely during the summer.

Geography and gravity combine here to unleash powerful katabatic winds—dense waves of cold air that rush down mountain corridors like avalanches tumbling toward the sea. The next blast hits.

The technical term for these downslope air currents is called katabatic winds. Santa Lucia and Santa Ana winds are essentially the same type of gusts, according to Lindsey. “Every area has their ...

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. As the air descends the Transverse Ranges ...

A more significant change in the weather pattern is forecast for the following week, as the Eastern Pacific High is forecast ...