Katabatic winds? Adiabatic compression? Time for a thermodynamics lesson! The record lack of rain has also made this Santa Ana event different.

The Santa Ana winds fanning wildfires that have killed at least 25 people in Southern California and destroyed more than ...

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 ...

A "perfect storm" of drought and Santa Ana winds have combined, experts say, to make the wildfires so fierce and difficult to ...

A more significant change in the weather pattern is forecast for the following week, as the Eastern Pacific High is forecast ...

This type of wind creates two conflicting outcomes ... The researchers posit that katabatic winds are not exclusive to the Himalayas and can occur anywhere the conditions are met.

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 ...