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The signs have been there for about six months — ever since a 180-foot section of the wooden pier collapsed into the ocean after being battered by towering waves during an atmospheric river storm that wreaked havoc along the Central Coast.

Spinrad visited Southern California in late May and was taken aback by the number of people raising concern over the agency’s ability to continue predicting atmospheric river events, with all of their implications on public safety, reservoir operations and hydro power.

The remnants of an atmospheric river that will hit Northern California this weekend will bring cold and windy conditions to the southern section of the state before things look to dry out again, according to a weather service forecast.

Southern California is about to get drenched by new storms this week, with a powerful atmospheric river expected to arrive early Wednesday.

Then a powerful atmospheric river is expected to arrive early Wednesday, bringing heavy rain along the coast through Thursday, with significant impacts to the mountains as it moves east through the week.