Temperatures will hover in the mid to upper 20s as precipitation begins, creating hazardous travel conditions.

Several days of rain and powerful wind gusts are in the forecast this week when a winter storm has already led to evacuation warnings in parts of Los Angeles County settles into Southern California for the holiday.

Officials in Los Angeles and surrounding counties warned that the giant holiday storm could trigger "widespread flash flooding."

Additional severe weather was on tap for the Bay Area and Central Coast on Wednesday, with another atmospheric river-fed storm bringing heavy rain and damaging winds into Christmas Day.The latest in a powerful series of winter storms battered the region overnight Wednesday,

A major storm is gearing up to deliver months’ worth of rain and powerful winds to Southern California — the most potent in a slew of atmospheric river-fueled storms aiming for the region this week.

Mighty wind gusts and weak tornadoes are also possible during the atmospheric river storm, the National Weather Service said.

Southern California is in for a wet Christmas week, with four days of rain expected to begin Tuesday, forecasters said Sunday. A flood watch was issued for Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday evening for much of Los Angeles County,

After nearly 30 days in a row of dry conditions across much of the Bay Area, winter finally began to show up on Friday, bringing steady rain that is expected to continue every day until Christmas.