Hola, El Niño.
A series of at least 4 storms are forecasted for Southern California this week, the first of which is already dropping a little bit of rain – with a lot more coming in round 2, expected to hit late Monday into Tuesday.
Series of storms to affect southern California this week #satellite #pacific and #Elnino pic.twitter.com/LSLkHjQ87D
— NWS San Diego (@NWSSanDiego) January 4, 2016
And with those storms is a lot of precipitation:
Above normal precipitation now favored through January 18th for all of California. #cawx pic.twitter.com/H570WloVtq
— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) January 4, 2016
Liquid Gold for California this week! pic.twitter.com/a3fxdy1szp
— Jim Cantore (@JimCantore) January 4, 2016
There is also a winter storm warning for the local mountains, with 3 FEET OF SNOW POSSIBLE!
→Breaking Weather News!
A Winter Storm WARNING now posted for SoCal mountains w/up to 3' of snow by Friday morning. pic.twitter.com/tgGD0YBge7— Jerry Steffen™ KESQ (@JerrySteffen) January 4, 2016
Here is a live look at the winds from the storms, via windyty.com:
Bottom line: you may want to reach out to anyone you know who might be building an ark.