Santa Ana gusts aren’t going anywhere, as meteorologists expect north-to-northeast winds to pick up Saturday night and continue into Wednesday evening for Southern California’s mountain and foothill communities.
Periods of elevated critical fire weather are expected to peak Saturday night into Sunday and then again Monday night through Tuesday as winds could gust up to more than 75 mph for the eastern part of the mountain ranges in Los Angeles County. Weather forecasters say the turbulent conditions may help push the Eaton fire in the Altadena area farther south.
Our concern is winds picking up tonight and then on Monday through Wednesday,” said National Weather Service meteorlogist Rose Schoenfield. “The general duration of this is not looking good.”…