LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Forecasters are predicting more rain through Christmas for Lake County.
Most of the county experienced steady rainfall on Friday.
The National Weather Service reported 24-hour rainfall totals through 4 a.m. Saturday, in inches, as follows:
– Bartlett Springs: 1.14;
– Indian Valley Reservoir: 0.19;
– Hidden Valley Lake: 0.84;
– Kelseyville: 0.47;
– Lakeport: 0.52;
– Lower Lake: 0.23;
– Middletown: 0.74;
– Upper Lake: 0.90;
– Whispering Pines: 1.32.
The forecast calls for chances of rain every day through Christmas, according to the National Weather Service.
Temperatures are expected to dip into the high 30s at night and top out in the high 50s during the daytime, based on the specific forecast.
The rain is helping Clear Lake to recover.
The level of Clear Lake was at 0.74 feet Rumsey as of 4 a.m. Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey gauge on the lake.
While improved over the last few weeks, the lake's level is still well below the level recorded on the same day in 2014, when it was 2.14 feet Rumsey, but just above the 0.63 feet Rumsey on Dec. 19, 2013, according to US Geological Survey records.
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Rain in forecast through Christmas
- Elizabeth Larson
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