[sharkmerry]

the winds look slightly worse on the west coast, but not to a degree that they cant be doing burns like on the east coast

https://windexchange.energy.gov/maps-data/325

[zgramana]

The problem with that map is that the annual average obscures the wide seasonal variation, which was the main thrust of my comment. The high winds come during the dry season, then die down during the bulk of the wet season.