The metro Phoenix forecast calls for a warm start to the week followed by a quick cooldown, with a good chance for the heaviest rainfall in months.

"Total forecast rainfall amounts for the period range from less than 0.1" in the Yuma area, 0.3-0.5" in the Phoenix area, to 0.75-1.00" over the higher terrain northeast and east of Phoenix," NWS ...

Days after an atmospheric river brought record-setting rainfall to California, the state is in the crosshairs of another rainy storm system.

Two snow and ice storms threatened to roll across the Midwest and East this week. And a third storm could be lurking for next weekend.