Several days of rain and powerful wind gusts are in the forecast this week when a winter storm has already led to evacuation warnings in parts of Los Angeles County settles into Southern California for the holiday.

The NWS has upgraded some areas to "high risk" for excessive rainfall and flash flooding Wednesday, including Burbank, Altadena, Glendale and more.

LA under Dense Fog Advisory with visibility less than a quarter mile; an Air Quality Alert and wood-burning ban also issued.

Los Angeles County is included in an air quality alert reported by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 12:05 p.m. The alert is in effect until Friday Dec. 19, at midnight.

This could be one of the stormiest Christmases in recent memory. There’s an 80% chance downtown Los Angeles will get 2 or more inches of rain Tuesday through Christmas.

The areas under the alert are expected to include much of the greater Los Angeles area along with parts of Orange County and the Inland Empire

Los Angeles residents face an Air Quality Alert amid sunny weather, as the South Coast Air Quality Management District imposes a wood-burning ban due to unhealthy air.