The Santa Anas Are Back. Fortunately, They Are Less Ferocious Than Last Week

The Santa Ana winds are kicking up again, but not with the ferocity that we saw last week.

"Totally different setup," said Todd Hall, a senior meteorologist for the National Weather Service, comparing this latest event to the windstorm that slammed the San Gabriel Mountains foothill communities on Friday and Saturday.

"It's not nearly as strong as what we saw over the weekend in the San Gabriel Valley where we saw a lot of damage," he said, noting the SGV will likely see very little wind with this one and adding that it's a "totally different pattern that we're dealing with."

The National Weather Service in Oxnard issued a wind advisory from 4 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 25) until noon on Wednesday (Jan. 26) for Ventura County, the Santa Clarita and San Fernando valleys and the Los Angeles County mountains. Those areas should expect winds out of the northeast of 20 to 35 mph, along with gusts up to 50 mph, particularly in L.A. County.

In addition, the NWS San Diego office posted a wind advisory from 4 p.m. Tuesday to 10 a.m. Wednesday for inland Orange County and the valleys and mountains of San Bernardino and Riverside counties, where winds are forecast to blow from 15 to 25 mph, with gusts up to 50 mph.

The effects linger on, meanwhile, from last week's pummeling.

As of midday Tuesday, more than 6,000 Southern California Edison customers are without electricity throughout the utility's service area, according to its website. And the L.A. Department of Water and Power website shows scattered small outages throughout the city and a cluster of over 2,300 customers without power in Mar Vista.

Forecasters say there's a potentially stronger Santa Ana wind event Thursday night and Friday.

One silver lining, for now at least clear skies!