Diablo wind is a name that has been occasionally used for the hot, dry wind from the northeast that typically occurs in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California during the spring and fall.

What is a Diablo Wind? Diablo winds are offshore wind events that flow northeasterly over Northern California’s Coast Ranges, often creating extreme fire danger for the San Francisco Bay Area. Diablo winds are driven by a surface pressure gradient that forms in response to an inverted pressure trough that develops over California.

Nov 15, 2019 · Just as Southern California has its notorious Santa Ana winds that fan wildfire flames, Northern California's winds are known as Diablo winds. Diablo winds appear around the San Francisco...

Oct 21, 2021 · During a Santa Ana or Diablo wind event, the wind patterns shifts offshore and brings in hot, dry air from the east side of mountain ranges that border the coast. What causes them? The Santa Ana and Diablo winds result from a …

“Diablo wind” is the name that describes the hot, dry winds from the northeast that sometimes occur in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California, especially during the spring and fall. The same wind pattern also affects other parts of California’s coastal ranges.

Oct 25, 2019 · Since Mt. Diablo is in the region east of the Bay Area, these particular winds get the name Diablo Winds. Here is where the physics comes in. As these winds descend, they are compressed and warmed....

Oct 24, 2019 · Diablo winds in Northern California are offshore winds similar to the Santa Anas in Southern California. They can create extremely dangerous fire conditions.

Diablo Winds are warm dry winds originating when strong high surface pressure builds over the northern Great Basin. The resulting flow from high pressure inland to lower pressure off the California coast is warmed and dried by compressional heating as the air sinks from the Great Basin, which is nominally between 4000 and 5000 feet, down to sea ...

Nov 14, 2019 · "The term Diablo winds refers to winds that flow from east to west up and over the Diablo Range over the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay...

The Diablo wind is created by the combination of strong inland high pressure at the surface typically over Nevada, strongly sinking air aloft due to upper-level convergence, and lower pressure off the California coast.