Santa Ana Winds Bring Fire Danger for Southern California Fall and winter become Santa Ana season for southern California It looks like 2024 will end and 2025 will begin with a round of the signature dry, gusty, fire danger inducing winds
Southern California braces for powerful storm: Timeline Southern California is set to experience a significant storm, bringing cooler temperatures, widespread rain, gusty winds, mountain snow, and high surf The National Weather Service forecasts
A Look at California’s Santa Ana Wind Storms - STM Weather Santa Ana winds blowing from the east-northeast are strong and extremely dry and are often associated with wind damage, in addition to an enhanced fire weather threat in southern California
More heavy rain, flooding risk heads to Southern California After an atmospheric river dumped heavy rain and strong winds on parts of Southern California earlier this month, more weather woes were on the way to the region on Nov 21 with forecasters
Santa Ana Winds Threat Index (SAWTI) and Red Flag Warnings Dashboard The intent of this dashboard is to aggregate information from the Santa Ana Wildfire Threat Index (SAWTI) and Red Flags to evaluate their alignment Additionally, wind speeds and fire perimeters (denoted by wind icons and fire icons on the map) were added for context
Weather Outlook — November 11 - December 15, 2025 The latest guidance from NOAA NCEP NWS CPC suggests that Dec 2025 remains mostly dry through mid Dec, as in Nov Sometime near the 20 Dec or between 12 23 25-01 01 26, it turns wet, as we often see around the holidays The main wet months are November 2025 and January 2026, with focus of significant rains from about Sacramento Delta south to SOCAL
Santa Ana Winds Will Kick Off 2025 in Southern California Forecasters are warning that a Santa Ana wind event will come to life across the coastal portions of Southern California on Tuesday and Wednesday The winds are expected to ease on Thursday As is typical with these wind events, the risk of wildfires will also increase as the gusts pick up speed
Projected Response of Santa Ana Winds over Southern California to . . . Santa Ana Winds (SAWs) are powerful, episodic winds blowing from the interior of the western US to coastal areas in Southern California, primarily in the Fall and WInter seasons These hot, dry winds create enhanced risk of wildfires