LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The National Weather Service is predicting heavy Wednesday rainfall around Lake County, with as much as 2 inches possible in some parts of the county.
The National Weather Service is forecasting rain through Friday, with chances of showers over the weekend and into next week.
However, the heaviest precipitation is expected on Wednesday, with showers, thunderstorms and wind gusts into the 20s and 30s, with the highest winds – at around 37 miles per hour – expected in the Lucerne area.
Northshore areas including Clearlake Oaks, Lucerne and Upper Lake, as well as Cobb are expected to have the most rainfall on Wednesday, with the possibility of between 1 to 2 inches in the forecast, according to National Weather Service estimates.
In other parts of the county – including Kelseyville, Lakeport, Lower Lake and Middletown – forecasters said rainfall totals are expected to be between three-quarters of an inch and 1 inch during the day Wednesday.
On Wednesday night, rainfall totals across the county are expected to be between a tenth of an inch and a quarter of an inch, the National Weather Service reported.
National Weather Service rain station totals for the 72-hour period ending at 6 p.m. Tuesday had totals ranging from between 1 inch at Cow Mountain to more than an inch and a half in Lakeport, with Boggs Mountain coming in on top with 2.23 inches.
An average of about half an inch fell across the county between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 12 a.m. Wednesday, with more than an inch in the Whispering Pines area, based on additional National Weather Service rain tracking data.
The rain continues to benefit the level of Clear Lake, which rose to -0.51 feet Rumsey early Wednesday, up from -0.58 feet Rumsey on Tuesday, according to the US Geological Survey.
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Forecast calls for heavy rain Wednesday
- Elizabeth Larson
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