Types of Damaging Winds. Straight-line wind is a term used to define any thunderstorm wind that is not associated with rotation, and is used mainly to differentiate from tornadic winds. A downdraft is a small-scale column of air that rapidly sinks toward the ground.

2025年1月9日 · Strong winds blow embers from homes burning in the Eaton Fire on Jan. 7, 2025 in Pasadena, California. David McNew / Getty Images These winds are more common in colder months when the desert air ...

2025年1月13日 · High winds have been a key ingredient of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, and after a brief lull they are forecast to intensify through the middle of the week.

Strong thunderstorm winds can come from a number of different processes. Most thunderstorm winds that cause damage at the ground are a result of outflow generated by a thunderstorm downdraft. Damaging winds are classified as those exceeding 50-60 mph.

2025年1月7日 · Blustery winds settled into California on Tuesday, with “life-threatening” gusts already blowing through some regions. Amid an extremely dry winter with low humidity in Southern California, the...

2025年1月7日 · Strong winds are coming. This is a Particularly Dangerous Situation - in other words, this is about as bad as it gets in terms of fire weather. Stay aware of your surroundings. Be ready to ...

5 天之前 · Wind data is as of Jan. 7 at 10 a.m. Pacific time By Raymond Zhong and Zach Levitt Fierce desert winds turned this month’s wildfires around Los Angeles into raging cauldrons of devastation. They ...

2025年1月13日 · The Santa Ana winds are an intermittent strong wind flow that blows from Nevada and Utah into Southern California almost every year from fall to the early part of winter. They are part of a normal weather pattern commonly observed in the Los Angeles area. What's rare about this particular situation is that these winds are occurring within an ...

2025年1月8日 · Named for one of the canyons through which they typically howl, Santa Ana winds are strong north-to-northeast winds that occasionally blast through parts of Southern California. They are most...

2024年2月4日 · Strong southerly winds gusting up to 60 mph, and up to 80 mph in the hills, are possible through 8 p.m. Sunday before slowly subsiding overnight into Monday morning.