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Online 17.2: Weather conditions during the Santa Ana (2003)

October 2003 Santa Ana Winds - Visible satellite imagery shows smoke from forest fires being blown offshore by the Santa Ana winds. The Santa Anas fueled record-breaking forest firest throughout the Los Angeles Basin.
Department of Atmospheric Sciences Severe and Hazardous Weather at Department of Atmospheric Sciences University of Illinois