A new atmospheric river will bring a new rainstorm to the Los Angeles area in the middle of the week, forecasters say.

An atmospheric river is heading to Southern California by the middle of the week, and forecasters are becoming more and more confident that it’ll hit hard. The storm is expected to roll in

If this late-week atmospheric river pattern shifts south, Sacramento's rain totals will increase. The same rule applies to snow chances around Lake Tahoe. If the northward trend continues, many of KCRA's viewers will see very little rain and snow.

Another atmospheric river barreled into the Bay Area Thursday, bringing more rain, intense winds and the threat of thunderstorms to a region that’s already seen an extremely wet week. The fresh storm won’t bring as much rain as Tuesday’s record-breaking deluge,

The rain will be "generally beneficial" in the Los Angeles area, but there is a small risk of burn scar debris flows.

An atmospheric river dumping rain on Northern California could bring some remnants of rain to San Diego County. San Diego County can expect scattered, light rainfall from this system Thursday and Friday but most areas won’t likely see more than a tenth of an inch,