People get blasted by the wind at the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday, March 22, 2009. Ferocious winds swept through Santa Monica Sunday, prompting officials to issue a wind advisory, which will be in effect until Tuesday morning. The wind is believed to be caused by strong offshore pressure gradients.

Red clouds can be seen early in the morning over Santa Monica on Monday, January 19, 2009. Before the advent of modern meteorology, explorers and settlers of North America developed rules of thumb for the weather based on common observations. One of the most famous – and sometimes true – is:

  Red sky by morning,
sailor take warning.
Red sky at night,
sailor's delight.

Kristie Zimmerman, 21, (left) and Mailyn Bass, 25, share a blanked at the Santa Monica Pier on a cold an foggy New Years Eve, Wednesday, December 31, 2008.

Fog engulfs the Santa Monica Pier on a cold New Years Eve, Wednesday, December 31, 2008.

(top) Aika Samboliyski, 4, builds a snow man at Third Street Promenade's 'Snow Hill' on Saturday, December 13, 2008. (center) Peter Stutsman helps his daughter Ashley, 2, walk on snow. (above) Children play with real snow at Third Street Promenade's 'Snow Hill' on Saturday, December 13 2008.

High winds kicked up sand and swayed trees on Santa Monica Beach on Sunday November 9, 2008.

(center) Ryan Han, 2, plays in the water at Douglas Park on Thursday, June 19, 2008.