Another beautiful day...

(Morning clouds - Saturday, May 20th, 2006)

An upper level storm and associated cool front will make it onshore during the overnight hours.

***Update: 3:30pm/pdt, Sunday, May 21st, 2006***

Sunday evening through early Monday morning...
Rain will overspread the southland through the night time hours. Rainfall may be heavy at times over Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.

Due to the potential of flooding and debris flows...the NWS in Oxnard has issued "Flash Flood Watches" for the burn areas of Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles Counties beginning Sunday evening and continuing through Late Sunday night over Santa Barbara County...and through Monday morning in Ventura and L.A. Counties.

Snow will also be a possibility at some high elevation communities.

The chance of thunderstorms will increase during the overnight hours. Thunderstorms will have the capability of produce... gusty winds, heavy rains, frequent lightning and the possibility of isolated waterspouts over the coastal waters.

And for Monday...
Rain along with a chance of thunderstorms during the morning hours...will diminish to scattered showers from west to east across the southland by the early afternoon hours.

As for the forecast rainfall amounts with this system...
Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties:
1.00 to 2.00" coastal and valley areas,
Some south facing mountain slopes may get amounts close to 5 inches,
less than 0.50" for the Antelope Valley.

Orange, San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino counties:
0.50 to 1.00" coastal and valley areas,
1.00 to 2.00" expected in the mountains,
0.25 to 0.50" possible in the high deserts.
less than 0.25" expected in the low deserts

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# posted by SoCal WXMan @ 4:27 AM