- Author
- Edinger, J. G. | Helvey, R. A. | Baumhefner, D.
- Title
- Surface Wind Patterns in the Los Angeles Basin During "Santa Ana" Conditions.
- Coporate
- California Univ., Los Angeles California Univ., Berkeley
- Sponsor
- Office of Civil Defense, Washington, DC
- Report
- Final Report; Supplement No. 49, September 1964, 102 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- weather effects | wildland fires | fire behavior | fire seasons | humidity | brush fires
- Abstract
- Local weather conditions are recognized as having a very important influence on the inception and behavior of wild fires. In particular, strong surface winds, low humidities, and low vertical stability favor the rapid development of a minor blaze into a full-blown conflagration. On five or ten occasions each year such winds and humidities are experienced in the greater Los Angeles area, defined here as the coastal plains and vellyes oceanward of the San Gabriel, San Bernardino and San Jacinto mountains of southern California.