The mixing of cooler air from the ocean and hot air from the valley cause winds to reverse course in the afternoon and abnormally burn downhill toward homes.
A house at the base of the Santa Ana Mountains near Lake Elsinore burned during the Macy fire on July 25, 2024. Flames were seen burning downhill — opposite their usual direction — in a wind phenomenon known locally as the Elsinore Effect.
It’s not a coincidence that the phenomenon is called the Elsinore Effect, and Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department spokesman Rob Roseen said In Lake Elsinore, cooler air from the Pacific Ocean blows east from Orange County and mixes with the heated air from the valley in Riverside County in the afternoon, causing the uphill winds to reverse. That means flames, such as those in the Macy fire, reverse their path as well and begin marching toward homes. Firefighters staged their engines near homes in anticipation of that, Roseen said.
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