Subj : MESO: Nws Weather Prediction Center College Park Md To : wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu From : COD Weather Processor Date : Mon Nov 17 2025 21:45:46 AWUS01 KWNH 172145 FFGMPD CAZ000-180345- Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 1229 NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 445 PM EST Mon Nov 17 2025 Areas affected...Southern California... Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding possible Valid 172145Z - 180345Z SUMMARY...Heavy rainfall conditions improving, but still an isolated potential for .5"/hr rates with max totals in the Transverse Ranges near 1.5" through evening. Saturated grounds and urban locations have possibility for isolated flooding concerns. DISCUSSION...GOES-W Visible and Regional RADAR mosaic denotes a broader shield of mid-level strato-cu across the western portions of the Transverse Ranges across E Santa Barbara county indicative of a subtle southwesterly shortwave lifting northeastward through in proximity to the cold front. This is in some response to the larger scale digging closed low orienting more NW to SE providing deeper layer divergence above 500mb and overall DPVA through the California Bight into Southern California this afternoon into evening. However, the lower level pressure gradient is broadening through the Bight and winds have diminished throughout the afternoon. Still, 20-25kts of southerly flow coincident with the vertically stacked moisture plume still advects .75 to 1" total PWats (IVT values of 250-300 kg/m/s) fairly orthogonal to the Transverse Ranges of Ventura and Los Angeles counties and will spill over to the San Bernardino Ranges through evening.=20 Localized totals of 1-1.5" are possible in the highest elevations but overall rates and ascent will be diminishing with the weakening wind field.=20 Off the terrain, the environmental conditions are very limited for flooding, but recent saturated grounds per NASA SPoRT suggest, above average run-off could be expected. With that stated, some modest surface to boundary layer heating has developed this afternoon providing some weak but sufficient instability; MLCAPEs of 150-250 J/kg are present and with 10-12 kg/m/s deep layer moisture convergence along the front, some vertical development and enhanced rainfall rates are possible through the evening likely topping out around .5"/hr perhaps inducing some isolated to widely scattered incident(s) of urban flooding concerns through 03z.=20=20 Gallina ....Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov__;!!= DZ3fjg!9unAJHAWFEgaYz1VRg6fwIkbpTRW82pvEbKw7sViPYiDcu1XKujuA8lj8kRTgFAw-F2X= DADRCR0SzZl4uVJLQ4Km9H4$ for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...HNX...LOX...SGX... ATTN...RFC...RSA...NWC... LAT...LON 35061949 34961850 34191722 32761696 32611733=20 33011763 33531807 33761859 33831901 34401968=20 34741979=20 =3D =3D =3D To unsubscribe from WX-STORM and you already have a login, go to https://lists.illinois.edu and use the "Unsubscribe" link. Otherwise email Chris Novy at cnovy@cox.net and ask to be removed from WX-STORM. --- SBBSecho 3.28-Linux * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .