A rare Particularly Dangerous Situation warning has been issued for Southern California as a powerful and potentially damaging Santa Ana wind event​ is expected.

Critical fire conditions are expected to continue through Friday. But rain could be on the way this weekend. Here's what to know.

Southern California will continue to face "dangerous fire weather conditions" including strong Santa Ana winds and extremely low humidity through later this week, forecasters said Tuesday.

SANTA ANA WINDS HAVE RETURNED TO LA/VENTURA COUNTIES AND EXPECTED TO REALLY KICK INTO GEAR LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. WIND ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE USUAL SANTA ANA AREAS.

The map shows that parts of Southern California expecting 50 to 70 mph winds include Santa Clarita, Ventura, Los Angeles, Riverside, and Hemet. There is a wider spread area of 30 to 50 mph winds that ...

"A strong Santa Ana Wind event is expected to develop Monday and last through at least Tuesday," the National Weather Service ...

At the time this article was written, the NWS had red flag warnings in place in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura ... for much of southern California. A Santa Ana winds forecast map by ...

The ferocious Santa Ana ... the winds will be weaker, the weather service said. "At this time it looks like the only advisory level winds will be in the Los Angeles and eastern Ventura mountains." ...

The basin sits at a higher elevation than Southern California ... areas tend to be Ventura County in Los Angeles and Santa Ana in Orange County, from which the winds derive their name, Robert ...

After a relatively weak storm expected to arrive in L.A. late Thursday, forecasters say a potentially more powerful storm ...