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pfitz59

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4. Scirocco, Chinook, Washoe, Diablo, Santa Ana

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 04:07 AM

Jan 2025

Hot dry desert winds. In Southern Europe they blow North out of the Sahara. Wreaking havoc in Spain, Italy, France and Greece. On the west coast of the US they blow west across the desert and pick up speed crossing the mountain passes.

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Der. I can believe I didn't realize that the San Ana winds were from the desert, not the ocean... [View all] electric_blue68 Jan 2025 OP

I am going to read about it... Meowmee Jan 2025 #1

They usually come in the fall soon after the start of school Raine Jan 2025 #7

Yes it appears there was a high pressure system in the desert and a low pressure system on Meowmee Jan 2025 #8

When I first moved to... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #11

This was in the early 60s in Los Angeles. It was hotter then hell Raine Jan 2025 #13

It's not unusual. They peak in January. Edim Jan 2025 #20

Okay, you made me learn something! PJMcK Jan 2025 #2

Scirocco, Chinook, Washoe, Diablo, Santa Ana pfitz59 Jan 2025 #4

I'm like you this was total education to me and I'm thankful 👏🏼 arthritisR_US Jan 2025 #5

I grew up on the east coast. usonian Jan 2025 #10

I live on the coast, only a few miles from the ocean. One night when I was still new to California... Hekate Jan 2025 #3

And they don't appear to come from Santa Ana either! LeftInTX Jan 2025 #6

The name derives from the Canyon, which is some miles north of the city and runs East to West . . . Journeyman Jan 2025 #9

They were called Santa Ana winds because when Los Angeles was becoming a city haele Jan 2025 #15

And you don't want to be driving... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #12

Heck, I was driving on the I-15 freeway over the I-8 in San Diego... haele Jan 2025 #16

True... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #17

The "Santa Ana Condition" is caused when a NameAlreadyTaken Jan 2025 #14

Diagrams to explain the Santa Ana winds... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2025 #18

Raymond Chandler wrote the best opening paragraph, bar none Brother Buzz Jan 2025 #19

Thanks for posting this, my dear Brother Buzz! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2025 #21

Indeed it is, and an off topic question that is almost on topic Brother Buzz Jan 2025 #22

I never saw the publication that you mentioned. But I was never a sailor either! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2025 #23