Here comes the rain to southern California

Storms packing rain, fueled in part by El Niño, will take aim at California during the first week of January.

The above-average temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean, known as El Niño, tends to strengthen the storm track into the West Coast and occasionally California during the winter.

While the storms are unlikely to deliver drought-busting rainfall, they will deliver some beneficial rain to not only coastal Southern California but also farther inland over desert areas to Arizona and New Mexico.

The storms will bring doses of snow to the mountains in the region, which will assist in runoff and drought relief this spring.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/el-nino-to-send-several-rounds-rain-mountain-snow-california-drought/54501815

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While the rains are important, it's the mountain snows that are really needed to fight the drought going forward.