damage. driving rain keeping drivers on their toes, the rain opened a sinkhole in the road. but all the rain, indra petersons is about to tell us, could be a good thing because of the drought condition that california is dealing with. is that true? >> it's a good thing, it's going to help the drought, they've had such a shortage of water, it will take more rain than this to recover. you never want this much rain in just one storm. many places in southern california, this is the biggest storm they've seen in nine months it looks like a little breather. here's the first storm pulling away, notice the big moisture source separated from the storm. there is another storm making its way in, most likely just affecting northern california through the weekend. either way, more rainfall expected to impact the region. everyone has been asking, it was so cold in november, is this what we're expecting as we go through december, no. take a look at november, all the cold air going down into the southeast. now as we look through the outlook for the next several weeks, notice how high the jet stream is it looks like everyone