This is the Calm Before the Biggest Storm to Hit LA in Years

There's a beauty in the calm before the storm. #mydayinla pic.twitter.com/Aen4ObndRj

— Nidia Becerra (@nidia_b) December 11, 2014

Storm's a-brewin', Los Angeles, and it's gonna be a nasty one. The Bay Area was slammed today with power outages, flooding, and toppled trees during what the Chronicle called the "biggest storm to hit the drought-ravaged state in years," and now it's coming our way. The storm is at the end of an "atmospheric river," which Scientific American explains is "a conveyor belt of vapor that extends thousands of miles from out at sea, carrying as much water as 15 Mississippi Rivers" (minor versions are better known as Pineapple Expresses). It will roll into Los Angeles tonight and might just be "twice as strong as last week's storm," according to the LA Times (it was very strong). But for now it is calm and the sky is weird and cool. This is the calm before the storm. Enjoy it.

The calm before the storm in Downtown Los Angeles. Wind starting to pick up #MonsterStorm #CAwx pic.twitter.com/kIVVJqGLsT

— Shawn Reynolds (@ShawnRTV6) December 12, 2014

#air1070 's Jeff Baugh: #calmbeforethestorm #LARain #lastorm #lawx #LAtraffic #trafficonthe5s

A photo posted by KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO (@knx1070) on Dec 12, 2014 at 4:28pm PST

Watching the storm roll in over the canyon...

A video posted by Sarah Zucker (@thesarahshow) on Dec 12, 2014 at 5:24pm PST

Calm before the storm. #storm #la #dtla #aoncenter #officewithaview #lastorm #mydayinla

A photo posted by Adriane Hoff (@hoffthebeatenpath) on Dec 12, 2014 at 5:08pm PST

Today, the mountains hid in clouds #LArain #littletokyo

A photo posted by Debra Broz (@debrabroz) on Dec 12, 2014 at 5:24pm PST

There's a storm a'brewin. #Hollywood #dreaming #LA #rain #clouds

A photo posted by thisisricardo (@thisisricardo) on Dec 12, 2014 at 5:43pm PST

No LA...this shit isn't ominous...not at all. #LA #pineappleexpress #storm #sky

A photo posted by TheSidJoShow (@thesidjoshow) on Dec 12, 2014 at 5:49pm PST

A storm is coming. #socal #la #losangeles #storm #stormclouds #skyporn #cloudporn

A video posted by Andranik Taranyan (@andranikvfx) on Dec 12, 2014 at 5:43pm PST

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