Expert expects Santa Ana winds to let up in San Bernardino
The end of Wednesday should bring with it an end to the Santa Ana conditions that lit up part of San Bernardino on Monday.
The wind will die down across Southern California Wednesday, said NASA's Pasadena-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory climatologist Bill Patzert.
"And then by the weekend, all of a sudden Saturday and Sunday and Monday, the jet stream is going to bring in another cold front," he said.
A Red Flag Warning will be in effect until 10 p.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Winds and low humidity could add up to explosive fire growth potential until the weather calms.
Temperatures will reach 91 degrees Wednesday with winds between 5 and 10 miles per hour in San Bernardino.
Temperatures in Big Bear City will reach 69 degrees with winds blowing around 5 mph.
Thursday and Friday, the weather should be clear, sunny and warm, Patzert said.
But Patzert stressed the region has only had three Santa Ana days so far, and there are usually a total of about 30. And because it hasn't rained much in three years, he said the plants are "totally desiccated."
"That's why everything flared up," he said.
He also described this week's wind as "modest" and said the season has just begun.
jason.pesick@inlandnewspapers.com
The wind will die down across Southern California Wednesday, said NASA's Pasadena-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory climatologist Bill Patzert.
"And then by the weekend, all of a sudden Saturday and Sunday and Monday, the jet stream is going to bring in another cold front," he said.
A Red Flag Warning will be in effect until 10 p.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Winds and low humidity could add up to explosive fire growth potential until the weather calms.
Temperatures will reach 91 degrees Wednesday with winds between 5 and 10 miles per hour in San Bernardino.
Temperatures in Big Bear City will reach 69 degrees with winds blowing around 5 mph.
Thursday and Friday, the weather should be clear, sunny and warm, Patzert said.
But Patzert stressed the region has only had three Santa Ana days so far, and there are usually a total of about 30. And because it hasn't rained much in three years, he said the plants are "totally desiccated."
"That's why everything flared up," he said.
He also described this week's wind as "modest" and said the season has just begun.
jason.pesick@inlandnewspapers.com
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