A "particularly dangerous situation warning'' has been issued for L.A. and Ventura counties due to dangerous winds and very low humidity.

The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region sees about 10 Santa Ana wind events a year on average, typically occurring from fall into January. When conditions are dry, as they are right now, these winds can become a severe fire hazard.

Southern California will continue to face "dangerous fire weather conditions" including strong Santa Ana winds and extremely low humidity through later this week, forecasters said Tuesday.

An arson suspect was arrested in connection to a brush fire in Griffith Park after firefighters quickly put out the small blaze.

(KWTX) -One of the major factors that made the January Los Angeles fires so devastating was the very strong Santa Ana winds. This week we are talking with Alex Tardy, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in San Diego,

With the Palisades and Eaton Fires still not fully contained, another dangerous Santa Ana wind event is forecast in Los Angeles for Monday-Thursday.

The Santa Anas are expected to be most powerful Monday night into Tuesday. Fire services across the region say they are ready.

Some parts of Southern California will see some rain and mountain snow as the latest storm begins to taper off.

Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic a day earlier.

Santa Ana winds continued to gust across Southern California, driving new fires that have forced evacuations in the region.

Seven days of historically destructive wildfires in Los Angeles County brought power outages, school closures and partial evacuation orders to the Conejo and Las Virgenes valleys, though the region’s worst fears were avoided when crews quickly halted the Kenneth fire as it threatened homes on Jan.

President Donald Trump is set to visit Southern California on Friday amid the raging wildfires. Here's a look at all the weather warnings the Golden States faces ahead of his visit, including red flag warnings and winter weather advisories.