Jun 18, 2021 · Scientists had predicted rapid inland warming would weaken one of the winds' primary drivers and reduce their frequency. But a new study is casting doubt on that projection, finding that bouts of hot Santa Ana winds are not declining. They could even be increasing.

Jan 17, 2025 · Many factors, such as strong Santa Ana winds and urban planning decisions, played into the recent destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area. But the evidence is clear that climate change ...

Abstract We downscale Santa Ana winds (SAWs) from eight global climate models (GCMs) and validate key aspects of their climatology over the historical period. We then assess SAW evolution and behavior through the 21st century, paying special attention to …

We downscale Santa Ana winds (SAWs) from eight global climate models (GCMs) and validate key aspects of their climatology over the historical period. We then assess SAW evolution and behavior through the 21st century, paying special attention to changes in …

Jan 16, 2025 · Scientists have gone back and forth on how—or if—Santa Ana winds are reacting to global warming. ... But they’ve had a harder time pinpointing the role of climate change in events like this.

Jan 13, 2025 · We are also hard pressed to name a mechanism whereby a warming climate would favor development of such an extreme Santa Ana event, and indeed the small body of research done so far suggests that climate change is generally associated with somewhat weaker Santa Ana winds in a warmer world (Abel et al. 2011, Guzman-Morales and Gershunov 2019 ...

Jan 7, 2025 · The nature of the Santa Ana winds makes them perfectly suited to fueling blazes like the Palisades Fire, and climate change is increasing the risk

Dry and gusty Santa Ana winds (SAWs) drive the most catastrophic wildfires in Southern California. Their sensitivity to the changing climate has been a matter of uncertainty and debate. We have assessed the response of Santa Ana wind activity to global warming and.

Jan 9, 2025 · Sometimes called the 'devil winds', the Santa Ana winds have fuelled some of California's worst fires. These hot, dry blasts originate over the deserts of Utah and Nevada and blow across to southern California. Wind gusts peaked around 160kph in parts of the state during the fires, according to the National Weather Service.

1 day ago · Fires driven by Santa Ana winds, the infamous gusts that howl in over the mountains to the city’s north, account for about 90 percent of the area burned by fall and winter wildfires in Southern ...