The winds fueling Southern California wildfires form when a high-pressure system develops over the Great Basin in Utah and Nevada

The winds are common in California in the colder months, but they can sometimes help spread dangerous wildfires.

Forecasters in Southern California expect to issue a red flag fire weather warning starting Monday, with the 'risk of large fire growth' should ignitions occur.

The weather set-up is key to the Santa Ana winds blowing. They occur when a large area of high pressure becomes established over the interior of western US, centred around the Great Basin, which includes much of Nevada and parts of Utah, Idaho and south ...

Strong, damaging Santa Ana winds are expected to bring extreme wildfire danger to Southern California Monday into Tuesday as the landscape remains dangerously starved of rain, and as firefighters continue to work to fully contain wildfires that left at least 27 people dead and destroyed thousands of homes this month.

The ferocious wildfires turning the Los Angeles area into a raging inferno are being fueled by “hurricane force” Santa Ana winds that have already prompted the evacuation of tens of

The Santa Ana winds become particularly dangerous when combined with other climate conditions such as drought, which increases the risk of wildfires like the ones currently raging in the Los Angeles area.

Devastating wildfires are quickly blazing through Los Angeles, consuming structures and sending thick smoke into the air. Here’s how that might (or might not) affect Utah’s air.

Santa Anas are created by high pressure over the Great Basin — the vast desert interior of the West overlapping Nevada, parts of Utah and other ... Santa Ana winds pushed the fire south, where ...

The Santa Ana winds form in a western area of the country known as the Great Basin, which includes Nevada and part of Utah. The basin sits at a higher elevation than Southern California.

The devastating fires across Southern California are being driven by the Santa Ana winds, as incredibly dry and windy conditions continue to heighten the fire danger

The National Weather Service has issued an extreme weather warning of a life-threatening and destructive windstorm