LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Forecasters are predicting a midweek break in the rain, with more storms expected later in the week and into the weekend.
The National Weather Service said the break from Wednesday through Thursday afternoon will be followed by another wet, windy storm beginning on Thursday, with stormy conditions expected to continue through Saturday.
Lake County has been getting the kind of consistent winter rain that it hasn't seen for several years.
The National Weather Service reported the following 24-hour rainfall totals, in inches, from 1 a.m. Tuesday through 1 a.m. Wednesday:
– Bartlett Springs: 1.40;
– Bear Canyon (near Middletown): 1.85;
– Cobb: 1.26;
– Colusa/Lake County line: 0.49;
– High Glade Lookout (above Upper Lake): 1.15;
– Kelseyville: 0.77;
– Lakeport: 0.54;
– Lower Lake: 0.78;
– Lyons Valley: 0.58;
– Middletown: 1.15;
– Upper Lake: 0.90.
The rain has continued to improve the depth of Clear Lake.
The US Geological Survey reported early Wednesday that the lake was at 3.38 feet Rumsey, the special measurement for Clear Lake. A full lake is 7.56 feet Rumsey.
For comparison, Clear Lake's depth measurements were as follows on Jan. 20 during the past several years: 2015, 2.87 feet Rumsey; 2014, 0.57 feet Rumsey; 2013, 5.77 feet Rumsey; 2012, 2.38 feet Rumsey; 2011, 5.61 feet Rumsey; and 2010, 2.05 feet Rumsey.
Snowpack levels also are on the rise.
In the Mendocino National Forest, on Anthony Peak in the Covelo Ranger District, the snowpack is at 27 percent, up from the 21 percent reported in January 2015, according to California Department of Water Resources data.
Across the Sierras, the main location of the state's snowpack, as of Tuesday the state Department of Water Resources reported that the snowpack was at 111 percent of normal for this time of year, compared to the 32 percent reported on Jan. 19 of last year.
In the northern Sierra, snowpack is at 121 percent, 115 percent in the central Sierra and 91 percent in the southern Sierra, based on the agency's readings.
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Forecasters predict brief break in the rain before new storms arrive
- Elizabeth Larson
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