Drying Out Tuesday Night; Storm #2 Packs More of a Punch Thursday

An active, wetter rest of the week across Southern California as a series of storms roll through the southern west coast today and the rest of the week. These low pressure systems bringing scattered showers around the valley and even some mountain snow in the higher elevations.

We saw on and off again showers today that have been decreasing as Storm #1 exits out of the Southwest this evening. We've only seen a couple hundredths of an inch of rain today:

Because earlier showers lead to several rain delays at the BNP Paribas Open, play continues overnight.

Storm #2 is stronger and expected to pack much more of a punch arriving Wednesday night and Thursday.

Several Watches and Warnings are in effect the next few days:

Flood watches are popping up mainly west of the Valley starting tomorrow afternoon through Thursday.

We also have a Winter Storm Watch (which will become a Warning at 4pm Wednesday to 5am Saturday) in the mountains.

A First Alert Weather Alert is in place for Thursday as heavier rain is expected, accompanied by gusty winds, and more significant snow in our local mountains. Temps will drop in the 60s for a couple of days as the stronger storm moves through.

It's going to be a bit of a conveyor belt of wet and gusty weather the next few days. Looking ahead at next week, there's more potential for another system to roll though, but timing and track are still to be determined.