Santa Ana winds are a geographically specific type of wind that occur in Southern California known as katabatic winds. They are cold, dry, down-sloping winds that warm as they descend a mountain side.

Between avalanches, geysers, and katabatic winds, the Martian spring has been packing all the worst weather events into its small northern ice cap. November 12 marked the new year on Mars ...

The downhill winds produced are called katabatic winds. They do an efficient job controlling the maximum temperatures on the surface of the glaciers, which occur namely during the summer.

Southern California is facing fierce fires fueled by the Santa Ana winds, which threaten homes and put firefighters to the ...

This process is what is thermodynamically known as katabatic wind, but in the specific case of Southern California is referred to as the Santa Ana winds. As the air descends the Transverse Ranges ...

Geography and gravity combine here to unleash powerful katabatic winds—dense waves of cold air that rush down mountain corridors like avalanches tumbling toward the sea. The next blast hits.

Known as "devil winds" or "katabatic winds," Greek for "flowing downhill," Santa Ana winds form from cool and dry high-pressure air mass areas in the so-called Great Basin of Central California.

The key characteristic is that the winds are what’s known as katabatic, meaning they flow downhill, says Mingfang Ting, a professor at Columbia University’s Climate School. As the air mass drops in ...