Monday September 6
The warm weather has arrived yesterday, The official report was that the temperature should have reached 100 degrees. The temperature here at the condo was not that high. Fans were all that was needed. The temperature at this time of the year is caused by the action of Santa Anna’s.
Santa Anna Winds
The Santa Anna winds are caused by an atmospheric pressure pattern that
sometimes develops over the southwestern U.S. High pressure builds over the
intermountain region to the east of southern California, as low pressure
deepens off the coast. As the winds flow clockwise around the high towards
the area of low pressure to the west, they descend from higher altitudes
inland to near sea-level in Southern California. This descent causes
temperature warming in the air due to the pressure increase with the
descent. As the air warms during descent it becomes much drier, because no
moisture is added to the air mass at this time.
Depending on the pressure gradient between the high pressure center and the
low pressure off the Southern California coast, very strong winds with an easterly component can
develop...winds sometimes as strong as 100 mph. It is a very hot and dry
Wind,. The Santa Anna winds are a type of chinook winds
that occur in many parts of the world near mountain ranges.
Wendell Bechtold, Meteorologist
The Santa Anna winds occur in Autumn, when a
high pressure system forms over the Pacific northwest
and low pressure occurs over Mexico. The north-south
pressure gradient causes strong winds that spill over
the Sierra Nevada mountains from the northeast. Just
as with the Chinook winds that sometimes affect Colorado's
east slope, the air descends from the mountains and
compresses, causing it to warm and decrease in relative
humidity. Since the air is already fairly dry (in the
absolute sense) because of it's origin in the dry
desert of Nevada, the warming produces very
low relative humidities, downwards to single digits.
The Santa Anna has a great capacity to produce large
amounts of evaporation and vegetative transpiration
that can dessicate vegetation and dry the soil. This
often results in high fire dangers in California and
the resultant fires that we often see on the TV news.
Dr. Cook
Santa Anna Winds
The Santa Anna winds are caused by an atmospheric pressure pattern that
sometimes develops over the southwestern U.S. High pressure builds over the
intermountain region to the east of southern California, as low pressure
deepens off the coast. As the winds flow clockwise around the high towards
the area of low pressure to the west, they descend from higher altitudes
inland to near sea-level in Southern California. This descent causes
temperature warming in the air due to the pressure increase with the
descent. As the air warms during descent it becomes much drier, because no
moisture is added to the air mass at this time.
Depending on the pressure gradient between the high pressure center and the
low pressure off the Southern California coast, very strong winds with an easterly component can
develop...winds sometimes as strong as 100 mph. It is a very hot and dry
Wind,. The Santa Anna winds are a type of chinook winds
that occur in many parts of the world near mountain ranges.
Wendell Bechtold, Meteorologist
The Santa Anna winds occur in Autumn, when a
high pressure system forms over the Pacific northwest
and low pressure occurs over Mexico. The north-south
pressure gradient causes strong winds that spill over
the Sierra Nevada mountains from the northeast. Just
as with the Chinook winds that sometimes affect Colorado's
east slope, the air descends from the mountains and
compresses, causing it to warm and decrease in relative
humidity. Since the air is already fairly dry (in the
absolute sense) because of it's origin in the dry
desert of Nevada, the warming produces very
low relative humidities, downwards to single digits.
The Santa Anna has a great capacity to produce large
amounts of evaporation and vegetative transpiration
that can dessicate vegetation and dry the soil. This
often results in high fire dangers in California and
the resultant fires that we often see on the TV news.
Dr. Cook
posted by Russell at 7:28 AM
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