Winds across the region could reach 20 to 35 mph, and wind gusts in some areas could reach up to hurricane-force (75 mph). Locally across different areas of California, these strong offshore wind events are often referred to as "Diablo winds," "Mono winds," or "Santa Ana winds." High wind warnings are in effect for the mountains across Southern California until 3pm PT (6pm ET) on Saturday. Local conditions could lead to a few hours of elevated to near-critical fire conditions on Saturday afternoon, NWS San Diego tweeted. "Luckily, we don't have fire weather concerns in NorCal due to the fall and early winter rains," NWS San Francisco said.

Source: CNN January 21, 2022 19:56 UTC