Daily briefing

Isolated severe storms, rain and mountain snow are in the forecast for the western two-thirds on Wednesday, while the eastern U.S. stays quieter. This, along with our tropical update, is available at 5 a.m. ET in our daily briefing.

Active weather will be stretching from California to Chicago today as a few storm systems trigger rain, mountain snow and isolated severe storms. The same storm that brought heavy rain and severe storms to California on Tuesday will continue churning across the West, bringing more Sierra snow, lower elevation rain and storms from central California through the Great Basin and the northern Rockies.

In the Southwest, above-average subtropical moisture will continue streaming in with isolated flash flooding possible inside isolated severe storms in north-central New Mexico and south-central Colorado. Keep eyes on the WeatherRadar today if you plan to be out.

The wet weather extends further north and east into the northern High Plains, Dakotas, Nebraska and the Upper Midwest. We could also see isolated severe storms from Cheyenne, Wyo., to north-central South Dakota.

The South and East will stay quiet, other than gusty winds in the Northeast.

Highs in the upper 70s and 80s will be found in the Southwest, the central U.S. to Florida, with cooler 70s, 60s and 50s spread into the Mid-Atlantic into the Northeast. The West Coast will see highs in the 60s with higher elevation temperatures in the colder 40s and lower. The northern tier will be in the upper 40s and 50s.

Tropical Storm Lorenzo is still the only active system in the Atlantic, and it will stay far out in the eastern Atlantic before eventually fizzling later this week.

We continue to monitor the tropics as the Atlantic Hurricane Season lasts until November 30.

If you are (or input a location) within 5 miles of the coast, you can see the marine conditions as well as the high and low tide times, here.