Arab Weather Center: Santa Ana winds blow strongly again in southern California and threaten to fuel the fires again!

Written By طقس العرب on 2025/01/13

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Arab Weather - For the seventh day in a row, fires in Southern California continue to spread over additional vast areas in the western United States, where about 300,000 people were evacuated from their facilities that were burned or approached by fires, and the number of deaths rose to 24 deaths as of Monday morning, and more than 43,000 acres were devoured and more than 12,000 buildings were destroyed. In a preliminary estimate, AccuWeather said it expects losses ranging between $135 billion and $150 billion.

 

According to computer modeling at the Arab Weather Center, it is expected that a low-pressure system will form off the southern coast of California, coinciding with the intensification of the high pressure system located west of the American continent. This weather system will lead, God willing, to the return of the activity of the north-eastern winds, which are called Santa Ana winds, during the coming hours and will continue until Wednesday.

 

 

Santa Ana Wind Gusts Exceed 100 km/h!

Santa Ana winds are expected to be strong in large areas of Southern California, with some gusts exceeding 120 km/h in the mountainous areas surrounding the Los Angeles Basin, which is currently exposed to large fires. The Arab Weather Center expects that these expected winds will further fuel the fires.

 

 

 

 

3 Key Reasons Why Southern California Fire Risk Is Expected to Rise Again

1) Santa Ana winds: With gusts expected to exceed 120 km/h, these winds provide more oxygen to the fire and quickly push the flames into new areas, accelerating the spread of fires and making them difficult to control.

2) The relative humidity in the atmosphere decreases to less than 20%, and this will also lead to an increase in the level of fire outbreaks and their rapid spread.

3) Finally, the occurrence of what is known as the “Fohn phenomenon”, which is that the Santa Ana winds that blow from the northeast when they descend the mountains become very warm and dry, which greatly stimulates the occurrence of fires.

 

 

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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