After a much quieter weekend, Southern California is experiencing a major shift in the weather pattern. The winds will peak Monday evening and overnight but extend into Tuesday morning.

The map shows that parts of Southern California expecting 50 to 70 mph winds include Santa Clarita, Ventura, Los Angeles, Riverside, and Hemet. There is a wider spread area of 30 to 50 mph winds that extends to Mohave, Frazier Park, Coachella, San Diego and down to Tijuana in Baja California, Mexico.

Katabatic winds? Adiabatic compression? Time for a thermodynamics lesson! The record lack of rain has also made this Santa Ana event different.

Multiple counties in Southern California were under red flag warnings from the NWS early Monday, with the service warning of yet another round of Santa Ana winds.

The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region sees about 10 Santa Ana wind events a year on average, typically occurring from fall into January. When conditions are dry, as they are right now, these winds can become a severe fire hazard.

Firefighters braced for high winds, with the National Weather Service of LA issuing its most serious advisory, “Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS)".

Certainly the strength of the most recent Santa Ana event was unusual, as was the devastation the new fires caused ... including the deserts of Southern California. Meanwhile, warmer air remains ...

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A new fire has broken out in Southern California as firefighters tackle multiple deadly wildfires engulfing the state. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

With the strongest gusts expected on Tuesday, extreme fire condition threats will prevail until midweek, L.A.-area fire chiefs say.

So far, the strongest winds recorded during the fires were around 100 miles per hour, which is considered hurricane-force strength. The strong Santa Ana winds are still expected to remain throughout the week, which is not ideal for the ongoing fight to contain the fires.

This time around, so many folks have posted the same Santa Ana and wildfire quotes to the point that the brilliant is becoming banal.