https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/03/forecasters-say-mild-weather-tuesday-only-the-calm-before-major-storm-wednesday/ > The forecast for a punishing storm system heading into the Bay Area on Wednesday is no longer a warning but is now a harbinger of flooding, landslides and possible power outages that residents should brace and be ready for, forecasters and authorities say. > Across the region, the prospect of widespread road closures and other disruptions were being treated as certainties rather than possibilities by emergency officials, as a “rapidly deepening” low-pressure system coming from Hawaii arrives in the second half of Wednesday, dovetailed by a warm front that will lead to steady rains, according to the National Weather Service.