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California’s wildfires are not slowing down
The Santa Ana winds blowing toward the coast have fuelled this week’s fires in California, US, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). “The winds…are most common during the cooler months from September through May,” Mike Wofford, a lead forecaster at the NWS’ office in Oxnard, Calif., said. Santa Ana winds are most common during…
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A windstorm causes a fire in Southern California
Santa Ana winds are stronger than usual because of a dip in the jet stream near Baja Peninsula, Alert Media’s Senior Meteorologist Jeff Trudeau said. “Every so many decades… we do get wind events of this magnitude,” he added. The winds originate inland due to a dry high-pressure system coming from the northwest and a…