Santa Ana Winds, Frequent and Troublesome
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Those often furious, sometimes deadly Santa Ana winds contributing to the Southern California wildfires are a phenomenon of geography as well as meteorology.
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Forecasters warned Tuesday that a La Nina weather pattern &#151; the nasty flip side of El Nino &#151; is brewing, bringing with it the threat of more hurricanes for the Atlantic.
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It was a windy and rainy day at Jerez. It rained in the morning and part of the afternoon, which was far from ideal for the teams.
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WITH gale-force winds buffeting the fleet, Sydney to Hobart crews slipped from racing to survival mode last night with the frontrunners head-butting their way south to a possible finish today.
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Met ireann has issued a severe weather warning and forecasts gusts of up to 100 m.p.h. in exposed parts of the west and south this evening.
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By Constance Loizos, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun.
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LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. - Firefighters, worried about the possible return of hot, dry Santa Ana winds, fought three separate wildfires Wednesday that crept through national forests and toward towns.  No houses were immediately threatened, however.
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Wet, windy weather would generally be seen as unsuitable golfing weather. Not so in Scotland.
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A powerful storm battered Southern California on Tuesday with wind up to 60 mph and a threat of up to a foot of rain, causing power outages and highway-blocking mudslides.
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By JOE MACALUSO  Cool morns, rain, fall signal change  Enjoyed the cool mornings, didn't you?  Well they're gone until next week when another cold front is due in here. Between now and then we'll see the roughest weather along the coast since the middle of the summer.
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By Cynthia Sewell, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Jan. 30--A nearly weeklong inversion continues to wreak havoc on the  Treasure Valley's air quality.
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OJAI, Calif. - Fire crews made an all-out effort Thursday to surround a two-week-old wildfire before hot, dry Santa Ana winds arrived to renew its ferocity.  At the same time, they made progress against two smaller blazes also burning in national forests.
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By Christina Almeida THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  OJAI -- Gusty winds stoked three wildfires scorching Southern California on Sunday, forcing authorities to shut down highways and evacuate thousands from canyon and desert communities.
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By John Simerman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep.
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Series of Storms Along West Coast Leaves 7 People Dead in Calif., Colo.; 2 Missing in Ariz. LOS ANGELES Dec 30, 2004 - A slow-rolling series of storms that battered much of the West this week had more punishment
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Air pollution built to unhealthy levels around the upper Midwest, a wintertime rarity caused by the absence of strong wind, and problems were expected to continue Thursday for children and other sensitive groups.
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The rain that has drenched California for the past several days is being caused by a cold front from the northern Pacific combining with moisture from the southern Pacific.