RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Fierce winds are expected to hit the Riverside
County area this afternoon and continue into Saturday evening -- arriving one
day after less-intense Santa Anas whipped up dust and created a few hazards
across the Inland Empire.The National Weather Service has posted a high-wind warning from 3
p.m. today to 6 p.m. Saturday, with forecasters predicting "damaging winds''
that may knock loose power lines, snap trees and create driving hazards for
high-profile vehicles.The Santa Ana event will start as upper level pressure gradients
collide over Arizona and Utah, according to the weather service."Northeast winds will begin to develop over the northern mountains
and Inland Empire late Friday afternoon,'' the NWS said. "Winds will be
strongest on the coastal
