Daniel Swain in LA Times: Extreme warning issued ahead of brutal Santa Ana winds, the strongest since 2007

“The magnitude of the wind gusts really [is] going to be a concern,” said Daniel Swain, climate scientist with UCLA and the National Center for Atmospheric Research. “The actual winds that people experience really will be quite extreme in a lot of places, really everywhere except for the wind-sheltered parts of downtown L.A. and central L.A.”