...SCATTERED SHOWERS/T-STORMS MAINLY MON-WED SIERRA AND NV...

.METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (MON AM - SUN AM)...

High pressure over the interior of the western US centered over
Colorado this morning...while elongated troffing resides just off
the west coast with Tropical Storm Elida rides northward between
125W and 130W in the general southerly flow that is advecting high
moisture content air across the region. 20/12Z RAOBs across CA and
NV generally indicate anywhere from 1.00- to 1.50-inches of PW.
Already plenty of cloud cover across the region with radar imagery
indicating scattered returns with the best concentrated activity
over the northern CA and southern OR. However...with the low-levels
of the atmosphere still relatively dry...very little in the way of
measurable precip has been recorded overnight.

Over the next few days...look for showers and thunderstorms to
develop mainly during the afternoon hours with an increase in
instability. Best locations look to be the central and southern
Sierra as well as much of the state of NV. Then into the latter half
of the week...an area of low pressure off the Pacific Northwest with
high pressure over the interior will set up drier southwest flow
across much of the region limiting the potential for convective
precip to eastern NV and southeastern CA.

Freezing levels will fluctuate from approx 14000- to 17000-feet
through the period with the lowest to the northwest and highest to
the east.

Please Note: This product may NOT be routinely updated.
Please refer to the following product issued by the CNRFC
www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/Daily-Briefing for a graphical summary of
weather and hydrologic conditions.