Rain is falling in San Francisco this morning and this is only the start of what will be a stormy upcoming 5-7 days with a more significant spell of wind, rain and mountain snow moving in tomorrow.

The storms are lining up out in the Pacific.

While it turns cooler, wetter and windier over Northern California, the heat has been on and remains on across Southern California with records tumbling in the Southland yesterday.

Check these numbers out.

Woodland Hills 88

Camarillo Apt 86

Sandberg 71

Another warm one today and more records may fall.

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View of Downtown Los Angeles this morning. Expected high 77.

Meanwhile, major swells generated by the incoming storms have created big waves against the California coast.

Check out these amazing images from Morro Bay yesterday.

Huge waves and rip currents will remain a threat up and down the coast over the next few days.

Today’s a warm day on the Plains ahead of the incoming Pacific storm.

As you know, the jet is roaring across the Pacific and with each system which slams ashore, expect the trough to deepen over the Southwest while the ridge continuing to lift heights well above normal into Quebec.

As TOMORROW’S system crosses the Rockies Sunday, the lifts air from the Gulf and this looks to generate storms and big rain over the Plains and MS Valley while the next Pacific storm slams the West Coast.

With colder air filtering into the deepening Southwest trough, snowfall becomes more widespread even at lower levels.

Could the cold in the West bleed eastwards? As we skip out to day 10 off the ECM, the answer would be yes.

EPS Control shows the West or more specifically the Southwestern trough deepening day 5-10 and day 10-15 with ridge hooking over top. Major Christmas cold blast for West??

The above 500mb height anomalies are reflective with temp anomalies below.

See video for today’s discussion.

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