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Santa Ana Winds Ease After Weekend Peak as Southern California Heats Up

Forecasters call for a brief cooldown Monday and Tuesday, then a significant midweek warm-up with a renewed risk of gusty offshore winds.

Overview

  • High wind warnings peaked Saturday with 60–70 mph gusts in mountain corridors, followed by Sunday wind advisories through midafternoon and heat advisories from late morning to early evening.
  • The National Weather Service reported widespread gusts of 35–45 mph and isolated higher readings up to 67 mph in wind‑prone mountain and foothill areas.
  • Temperatures Sunday climbed into the 80s with some valleys near 90 degrees, conditions that forecasters said could affect outdoor events such as the Los Angeles Marathon.
  • Local impacts included a Laurel Canyon hillside home fire extinguished without injuries, a tree down on railroad tracks in Anaheim, and scattered small fires consistent with elevated fire weather concerns.
  • Conditions are expected to cool early in the week before rebounding sharply from Wednesday through Friday, with inland valleys projected to reach the upper 80s to low 90s and deserts the upper 90s, potentially prompting new advisories.