Santa Ana Winds Expected to Abate, but Just for a Day
Firefighters battling wind-whipped blazes around Los Angeles should get some help today from Mother Nature.
But they had better take advantage of it while they can.
Santa Ana winds that pushed brush fires out of control Wednesday throughout Southern California were expected to disappear today--but return on Friday.
Weather forecasters said temperatures should drop and humidity should dramatically rise today--both of which will also help firefighters.
“But I see the possibility of more Santa Ana winds on Friday afternoon and Saturday,” warned meteorologist James McCutcheon of WeatherData Inc., which provides forecasts for The Times.
“They’ll be weaker than the winds we saw Wednesday--probably around 25 m.p.h., with gusts up to 35 m.p.h,” McCutcheon said.
So today may be the lull between windstorms.
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