It’s a pattern we didn’t see during the heart of the ‘rainy season’ but over the next 10-15 days it’s the REAL EL NINO DEAL for California. A true ‘atmospheric river’ is gathering steam and originating all the way back across the Pacific to the Philippines.

A line of storms is forming a conga line across the Pacific while the pineapple express runs underneath. TWO systems unveil the start of this stormy but needed spell.

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This weekend alone, California can expect upwards of 12, locally 15 inches of rain and potentially up to 70 inches of snow in the Sierra.

Through the next 72 hours alone, the GFS prints out up to 76 inches of snow near Mammoth in the southern Sierra Nevada.

Next 10 days… yep that’s 160″ your seeing.

All this comes following LA’s second warmest ever February.

Meanwhile further east and it’s feeling like summer on the Plains this weekend with 60s, 70s and even 80s popping up as a strong ridge and strong southerly winds blow.

It was downright hot in Texas yesterday!

That warmth lifts north today and through the weekend.

Into next week and it’ll be the DC to Boston corridor enjoying the warmth.

See today’s video.

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