Water vapor imagery from NOAA's GOES West is tracking the Atmospheric River that continues to bring gusty winds and locally heavy precipitation to the western U.S. today. Flood Watches are in place for much of Southern California, with Winter Storm Warnings in effect for higher elevations. Latest: weather.gov | NOAA Satellite and Information Service

NOAA's GOES East (GOES-19) satellite is tracking the nation's weather on your Monday morning. Heavy rain will continue to bring the threat for flash flooding and landslides in southern California as another system drops locally heavy snow across parts of the Northeast. What's the forecast where you live? www.weather.gov | NOAA Satellite and Information Service

Launch countdown is on: Sentinel-6B is a new Earth-observing satellite that will measure sea levels for nearly all of Earth’s ocean, helping improve weather forecasting and protect coastal communities. Its data will continue a record we’ve been building since 1992. The Copernicus EU Sentinel-6/Jason-CS mission is an international collaboration with our partners: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) , ESA - European Space Agency , EUMETSAT , and CNES . It is slated to launch Nov