An early-season storm is heading to Southern California, bringing the possibility of heavy rainfall and flooding on Tuesday.

The storm is developing in the Pacific Northwest and will make its way south by early Tuesday morning, but the National Weather Service says, "light to moderate pre-frontal rain could start over the Southland as early as this evening."

Ahead of the upcoming weather event, KCAL News has issued a Next Weather Alert for much of Southern California on Tuesday and Wednesday. Meteorologists say widespread rain, wind and cooler temperatures could affect the region.

The NWS has issued a flood watch and a flash flood watch through Tuesday afternoon for "areas in and nearby the recent burn scars of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles Counties." Fo

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