Southern California will experience blustery Santa Ana winds and cooler temperatures this weekend.

Gusty northeasterly winds will set in across the region “through at least the weekend,” according to the National Weather Service. L.A. and Ventura counties are expected to see wind speeds exceed 60 miles per hour.

“The winds [on Saturday] and Sunday will be similar and will reach 60 to 70 miles per hour in the mountains, including the Santa Monicas and Santa Susanas, with advisory level gusts of 40 to 55 miles per hour across the western valleys of L.A. County and the eastern valleys of Ventura County,” NWS said in their area forecast discussion early Saturday morning. Other areas that will likely experience winds of over 40 miles per hour include the Ventura County coast and the western portion of Malibu.

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A High Wind Warning, which indicates possible gusts exceeding 60 miles per hour, is in effect for the western Santa Monica Mountains until 1 p.m. Sunday. Many other communities are under a Wind Advisory set to expire at the same time.

Per NWS, the windy conditions will coincide with cooler temperatures this weekend before a warm front creeps in early next week.

“There will be a slow warming trend into next week, though overnight lows will remain chilly,” forecasters remarked.

Despite the Santa Ana winds, local wildfire risk remains low due to the recent downpours that have soaked the region.

“Typically, we would say we have elevated fire danger during a wind event like this, but because the ground is saturated, we don’t have that fire danger,” said KTLA meteorologist Kacey Montoya, who noted that, by this time last year, only 0.16 inches of rain had fallen in the water year, which starts in October.

This year, however, some parts of SoCal have received 14 inches, Montoya said.

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