SANTA ANA WINDS: Relatively warm, dry winds that blow into Southern California coastal areas from an anticyclone located over the high deserts of California or Nevada. The warmth and dryness are due to compressional heating. See also Diablo winds.
Santa Ana Winds: Are downsloping warm dry winds, (Fohen) which occur when there is a large High Pressure System located over the Rocky Mountains.
Similar to Santa Ana winds in southern California. These winds occur below canyons in the East Bay hills (Diablo range) and in extreme cases can exceed 60 mph.
SANTA ANA WINDS The hot, dry winds, generally from the east, that funnel through the Santa Ana river valley south of the San Gabriel and San Bernadino Mountains in southern California, including the Los Angeles basin.
Santa Ana winds and winds through passes from the cold Alaskan interior to the sea are examples of these winds. Channeled high winds are local in nature but can be extremely strong. These winds generally occur in well-defined areas.
DIABLO WINDS Dry winds in the Diablo mountain range in central California that can exceed 60 miles per hour. Similar to the Santa Ana winds, ...
Dry winds in the Diablo mountain range in central California that can exceed 60 miles per hour. Similar to the Santa Ana winds, they develop as the wind flows from high pressure over Nevada to lower pressure along the central California coast.
Santa Ana winds (southern California)
Sirocco (southerly from north Africa to southern Europe)
Tramontane (northeasterly from the Alps to the Mediterranean)
Vendavel (westerly through Strait of Gibraltar) ...
A thermal low over the US desert Southwest often produces strong and hot Santa Ana winds over California, but is completely cloud and moisture free. The actual definition of "storm" is often though of as any region of "bad" weather.
 See also: Weather, Santa Ana, Wind, Pressure, Air
  
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