South Florida could see warmer temperatures Saturday, thanks to the same jet stream that elevated the wind flow which has fueled the fires in Southern California.

With the strongest gusts expected on Tuesday, extreme fire condition threats will prevail until midweek, L.A.-area fire chiefs say.

The map shows that parts of Southern California expecting 50 to 70 mph winds include Santa Clarita, Ventura, Los Angeles, Riverside, and Hemet. There is a wider spread area of 30 to 50 mph winds that extends to Mohave, Frazier Park, Coachella, San Diego and down to Tijuana in Baja California, Mexico.

Katabatic winds? Adiabatic compression? Time for a thermodynamics lesson! The record lack of rain has also made this Santa Ana event different.

Thousands of firefighters and volunteers have been working over the last week to tackle the Los Angeles wildfires. Helping in that fight is Albuquerque-based 10 Tanker. Its fleet consists of four DC-10 tanker planes that can each hold and drop a massive 9,

Firefighters braced for high winds, with the National Weather Service of LA issuing its most serious advisory, “Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS)".

Steep terrain and the strong Santa Ana winds, with gusts up to 60 mph ... threatening the normally warm areas of New Mexico, Texas and other areas in the South with snow and freezing rain starting ...

The new Palisades flare-up is spreading east to Mandeville Canyon in Brentwood, inching closer to the Interstate 405 freeway and a busy mountain pass. The Palisades fire is also pushing towards the priceless collections of the Getty Centre art museum.

Topography matters, too — treeless mountain peaks are typically windier without those trees, or buildings, to slow the winds. And different parts of Earth — water and land — heat from sunlight at different rates, which shapes wind.

The Aztecs head to New Mexico for their third true road game of the season but the first, notably, in altitude for almost the entire roster. The Pit is 5,108 feet above sea level, one of six Mountain West venues topping 4,500, which is when people living at sea level really start to feel the rarefied air.

The California Office of Emergency Services says 150,000 people in Los Angeles County are under evacuation orders.

High winds have been a key ingredient of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, and after a brief lull at the end of last week they are forecast to intensify through the middle of this week.