While the winds have lessened over the last few days across Southern California, allowing for ample progress to be made in terms of containment of existing wildfires, AccuWeather meteorologists warn that windy conditions are projected to ramp back up at the start of the workweek.
A strong zone of high pressure will build across the Rocky Mountains early this week. As this feature rotates clockwise across the region, it will support strong offshore winds across Southern California and help to spark the next Santa Ana event.
Santa Ana winds will increase throughout the daytime on Monday, bringing the threat of damaging winds gusting from 60 to 80 mph across the prone mountain regions surrounding Los Angeles. Spanning from Ventura to San Diego counties, gusty winds ranging from 40 to 60 mph can also occur.
The wind threat is expected to persist through Tuesday, with a reduction in the Santa Ana winds later Tuesday evening. Forecasters are highlighting that there could be a lesser intense Santa Ana event briefly from Wednesday night to Thursday night across similar regions…