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Santa Ana Anyone?
Looks like we’re in for another period of relatively mild northerly weather in the coming week, Santa Ana winds in LA meaning probable ridge lift and bow wave up here in the high desert. As this wind pushes smog off shore, we often get brilliant views of Channel Islands from high over our San Gabriel Mountains.
SOARING IS LEARNING: What Causes the Santa Anas?
Strong, sometimes warm winter winds down in the LA basin have a peculiar cause. As a brisk, perhaps even chilly breeze in the Antelope Valley flows over the mountains and down toward sea level the air is heated by compression. That causes it to expand and accelerate, making the wind much stronger down below than up here where [...]
