So some time around last Sunday afternoon I heard the word “breezy” creep into the local weather forecasting. Having heard this term used before around here, I double tied the boats. Monday and Tuesday it blew non-stop out of the North in the 40mph range with no letup and occasional gusts much higher. Monday evening [...]

Fall in Southern California means Santa Ana winds. Its the changing of the seasons, when pressure gradients form between a High and a Low. This causes the winds to blow from the hot deserts to the coast, creating an offshore wind event. What you hear most about in these blue sky storms are the fires. [...]