Wildfires began breaking out in Southern California Tuesday morning as a life-threatening, widespread windstorm that could be one of the most destructive to hit the region in over a decade roars to life and creates extremely dangerous fire weather conditions.

Parts of Southern California that were impacted by severe wildfires last month will be again threatened with critical fire danger in the coming days. The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning and red flag warning from Los Angeles down to the Mexican border from Tuesday through Wednesday morning.

Firefighters are taking advantage of a lull in hot, dry winds to make progress on multiple devastating, deadly fires raging across Southern California before Santa Ana weather returns next week.

The dry landscape of Southern California has been “fuelling” the rapid spread of fires during Santa Ana wind events, says Sky News Weather Meteorologist Alison Osborne.

Another powerful windstorm is forecast to hit Southern California before firefighters are able to fully contain two deadly and destructive wildfires. Between Tuesday and Wednesday, Santa Ana winds will gust up to 70 mph and create a Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) in the fire-ravaged region,

Firefighters in Southern California were given a little break on Monday as winds once again began to gain strength in Malibu, blowing through scorched areas and making conditions more difficult for those trying to dampen the blaze.

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

The Santa Ana winds will pick up again in Southern California this week causing the threat of extreme fire danger to return to the region. The Palisades and Eaton Fires, among others, continue to rage near Los Angeles with fire containment becoming more difficult as winds pick up.