winds

This change in weather fortunes comes about thanks to a blocking area of high pressure building across Greenland with cold Arctic air emptying out across the UK and bitter northerly winds developing.

Northerly winds will bring frequent showers to northern Scotland, probably falling as sleet and rain near to coastal areas.

The night before the fire exploded, the eerie howl of the Santa Ana winds kept some awake.

The next morning, the winds kicked up dust from nearby farms and orchards, obscuring the community’s panoramic views of Camarillo and the Pacific.

The winds were so strong that Ken and Paula McWaid, who live a few homes down from Jensen, watched their large window bowing in and out.