After a short break over the weekend, strong winds are back in Southern California.
“You can hear it, you can see it, you can feel it,” KTLA 5’s Carlos Herrera said simply about the winds in the San Fernando Valley Tuesday morning.
“Northerly winds” will be felt across the region, the National Weather Service said during a regional forecast discussion. Wind gusts could reach 40 mph in some locations, the NWS said.
KTLA 5 Meteorologist Henry DiCarlo reiterated that wind speeds are likely to be highest in Ventura County and western Los Angeles County, where wildfires are currently burning.
Other areas may experience cooler temperatures due to changing wind patterns.
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“In many cases, we have high winds and wind advisories and fire concerns, and then we have a place that’s shaded and sheltered from the wind, and that’s where we end up with a freeze advisory,” DiCarlo said. said. “When the air is still, the cold air can be still. If you factor in the wind, you may not notice the temperature difference.”
“I point out that [because] “Sometimes when we talk about windy conditions, there are cold pockets and those cold pockets are coming from areas that are not affected by the wind,” he added. “And we feel that because our winds are so isolated.”
A wind advisory is in effect for the Santa Clarita Valley, central Ventura County, Malibu Coast and San Fernando Valley until at least noon Tuesday.
November 12, 2024, gusts of wind blow at Porter Ranch. (KNN)
A Porter Ranch resident said Tuesday morning was “a little cold” but the wind was “light.”
“It’s not ‘Porter Ranch Wind,’ but we did have to maneuver around some trash cans,” Pat Pope said. “Today is garbage day…” [the wind] It seems like it always blows on garbage days. ”
In addition to the cold and strong winds, the coffee shop he was going to Tuesday morning was out of coffee.
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On a more serious note, Pope told KTLA that the high winds make the risk of fire a constant concern, and that while his home is built to be fire-resistant, it’s not always guaranteed. He said he was aware that there was no such thing.
“Our homes were built to be fire resistant, but as we saw last week in Ventura County, entire neighborhoods can become fire resistant.” [in flames] That’s exactly what it is,” he said. “Of course we’re worried too.”
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