SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Santa Ana winds are going strong into Tuesday with top wind gusts occurring in San Diego County mountains and valleys.
Sill Hill, located north of Descanso and west of SR-79, recorded a peak wind gust of 92 miles per hour early Tuesday morning. Wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour were reported at Buckman Springs along Interstate 8 and Houser Mountain, just west of Campo.
These are some of the strongest winds to occur across Southern California in the last 24 hours. Santa Ana winds have peaked early Tuesday but remain strong into the afternoon hours.
Sustained wind speeds are ranging from 20 to 30 miles per hour in East County along the I-8 corridor as of noon.
Conditions are also extremely dry with relative humidity dropping to single digit percentages in Carlsbad, Kearny Mesa, Escondido, Otay Mesa and Ramona Tuesday afternoon.
Our Red Flag Warning will stay in effect until Wednesday morning when winds are expected to weaken, and conditions look to improve for the second half of the week.
