Southern California will continue to face "dangerous fire weather conditions" including strong Santa Ana winds and extremely low humidity through later this week, forecasters said Tuesday.
The Santa Anas are expected to be most powerful Monday night into Tuesday. Fire services across the region say they are ready.
A rare Particularly Dangerous Situation warning has been issued for Southern California as a powerful and potentially damaging Santa Ana wind event​ is expected.
The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region sees about 10 Santa Ana wind events a year on average, typically occurring from fall into January. When conditions are dry, as they are right now, these winds can become a severe fire hazard.
Santa Ana winds return to Southern California from Monday to Tuesday, once again raising fire danger concerns.
With the Palisades and Eaton Fires still not fully contained, another dangerous Santa Ana wind event is forecast in Los Angeles for Monday-Thursday.
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It was there that I burnt my wrists under hot plates of chilaquiles waitressing at the Omelette Express and stood with my head bowed at Temple Shomrei Torah every year during Yom-Kippur, echoing the refrain of atonement: who by fire and who by flood, never thinking our changing climate would make such a question legitimate.