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Mountain Windstorms

Edition 1: Santa Ana winds in December 2000
300 mb Heights and Wind - A strong Santa Ana windstorm developed in December 2000 as a high-pressure system strengthened over the Great Basin. Note that as the high develops over the Great Basin, winds are from the northeast in southern California. The winds reached over 100 mph in Freemont Canyon.

Department of Atmospheric Sciences Severe and Hazardous Weather at Department of Atmospheric Sciences University of Illinois