CLEAN AIR BLOWS WAY INTO LOS ANGELES; WINDS TO DELIVER VALLEY CHILL.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Daily News Staff Writer It's that time of year again to turn up the heater and throw on the electric blanket - if you haven't already - as temperatures dip into dip into Verb 1. to draw upon: he dipped into his savings 2. to read passages at random from (a book or journal) Verb 1. the 30s and Santa Ana winds Santa Ana Winds may refer to: 1. Santa Ana wind, a local Southern California reference to Föhn winds, a meteorological phenomenon occurring as a layer of wind is forced over a mountain range -- drying the air -- which then passes over the crest and begins to move downslope -- reach up to 45 mph in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. today. Santa Ana winds, which are typical for this time of year, will vary between 25 mph and 40 mph today, and up to 45 mph tonight and prevail through at least Thursday, said David Gomberg, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Oxnard. San Bernardino County's Cajon Pass will receive the brunt of the wind, with gusts of up to 60 mph, Gomberg said. But breathe deep. One benefit of the winds is virtually smog-free skies. Sam Atwood, a spokesman for the South Coast Air Quality Management District The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), formed in 1976, is the air pollution agency responsible mainly for regulating stationary sources of air pollution for most of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside County, and all of Orange county. in Diamond Bar, said air quality will be good today throughout the San Fernando Valley. ``It's fairly typical for right after a storm system, which tends to clear out a lot of pollutants,'' Atwood said Tuesday. Temperatures in many Valley areas will dip into the mid- to upper 30s overnight and reach the mid-60s during the day through Thursday, meteorologists Atmospheric scientists
Variable high clouds are expected to return over the weekend, said Bill Hoffer, an NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) weather specialist. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Snow-covered mountains can be seen as a backdrop for the downtown skyline Tuesday as Santa Ana winds have helped blow out Los Angeles' smog. Myung J. Chun/Daily News |
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