The same Santa Ana winds spreading wildfire across southern California are blowing the smoke over the Pacific Ocean, not into Arizona.

Answer: The Santa Ana winds have everything to do with weather. It starts with a high-pressure area over the Great Basin.

dvt_santa_ana_winds.png If winds several thousand feet above the ground are also from the north or northeast, as they would be when an upper-level low-pressure system is swirling over Arizona ...

Arizona isn’t immune to the weather system unleashing extreme Santa Ana winds through Southern California, and while it won’t be as intense, a low-pressure system will bring high winds and low ...

Critical fire conditions are expected to continue through Friday. But rain could be on the way this weekend. Here's what to ...

The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region ...

An uptick in Santa Ana winds Wednesday afternoon through Thursday, combined with critically dry vegetation and low humidity, ...

The Santa Ana winds are created by strong high pressure typically in the desert of Nevada or Arizona. High pressure turns clockwise and as air rotates around an area of high pressure it gets ...

Jon Keeley, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) Powerful Santa Ana winds, with gusts reaching hurricane strength, swept down the mountains outside Los Angeles and spread ...