LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County received a much-needed dose of rain on Saturday, with expectations for more early Sunday and the possibility of additional precipitation late this week.
The National Weather Service's predictions of rain around Northern California came true, and on Saturday many parts of Lake County saw steady rainfall in the first substantial rainstorm of the fall season.
National Weather Service rainfall totals for the 24-hour period through 11 p.m. Saturday showed that Whispering Pines had the most precipitation, with 1.52 inches, with the smallest amounts reported in Clearlake, where the total was just under two-tenths of an inch.
A variety of rainfall tracking stations around the county posted the following totals:
– Whispering Pines (2,700 feet): 1.52 inches.
– Boggs Mountain (3,000 feet): 1.20 inches.
– Two miles southwest of Gravelly Valley Airport: 1.20 inches.
– Five miles west northwest of Hough Springs (2,060 feet): 0.98 inch.
– Cow Mountain Ridge (3,355 feet): 0.74 inch.
– High Glade Lookout, Upper Lake (4,807 feet), 0.66 inch.
– Eight miles east northeast of Hidden Valley Lake: 0.48 inch.
– Nine miles north northeast of Witter Springs (3,740 feet): 0.48 inch.
– Mt. Konocti (2,163 feet): 0.29 inch.
– Lakeport (1,390 feet): 0.26 inch.
– Cache Creek near Lower Lake: 0.23 inch.
– One mile south southeast of Wilbur Springs (2,085 feet): 0.21 inch.
– Three miles south of Indian Valley Reservoir: 0.19 inch.
– Four miles southeast of Clearlake: 0.18 inch.
The National Weather Service predicted the chance of more showers overnight and into Sunday morning before the rains stops.
Cloudy conditions are expected for much of the week, with a chance of rain returning next Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Saturday's rainfall gave a boost to area creeks, but appeared to have had only a slight impact on the condition of Clear Lake, which was at a depth of -.076 feet Rumsey – the special measure for the lake – late Saturday night, according to the US Geological Survey.
The survey reported that Clear Lake had fallen to a depth of -0.85 feet earlier on Saturday.
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Lake County visited by steady fall rainfall
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