Parts of Southern California continue to battle extreme drought as wind advisories remain in place amid Santa Ana winds that ...

Smoke rises from a burning vehicle during a brush fire pushed by gusting Santa Ana winds on January 7, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California.

It's not yet clear how the Santa Ana wind season could impact Southern California's wildfires this year. The forecast comes amid the National Interagency Fire Center's recent wildland fire ...

(AP) — A wildfire ... California counties urged residents to be on watch for fast-spreading blazes, power outages and downed trees during the latest round of notorious Santa Ana winds.

California is on the cusp ... it’s very weather dependent.” Strong Santa Ana winds usually increase in late fall and winter, elongating fire season past the summer, according to Scott Stephens ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Wildfires ... Southern California's risk will come after. One of the changes we could see this year is an earlier start of offshore Santa Ana winds by late August or early ...

said University of California Merced climate and fire scientist John Abatzoglou. Other scientists have preliminarily linked those jet stream plunges to climate change. Santa Ana winds are ...