Northern California is likely to experience a milder Thursday during the day, and wet weather through the night and into the following morning.

SoCal is in for a wild week of weather with thunderstorms and toasty temperatures bringing the chance of fire starts as well as sudden downpours, forecasters say.

The extreme weather could lead to new fires, flash floods, and strong rip currents, the National Weather Service warns.

A thunderstorm outbreak associated with the remains of Tropical Storm Mario will likely hit California later this week.

An updated report was issued from the NWS Phoenix AZ on Thursday at 12:45 p.m. for thunderstorms until 2 p.m. The alert is for Chuckwalla Mountains, Palo Verde Valley and Chuckwalla Valley.

The National Weather Service is warning that Southern California will feel much more like West Florida over the next three days as remnants of Tropical Storm Mario move into the region.

There’s a lot that could happen and there’s a lot that could not happen at all,’ one meteorologist said of the complex forecast unfolding this week.

Residents across Southern California should prepare for a mix of showers, isolated thunderstorms and strong winds through Friday, Sept. 18.