LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The National Weather Service is forecasting that Lake County will have a rainy final week for 2022, thanks to a powerful incoming storm expected to bring not just rain but chances of high winds on Monday.

Forecasters have issued a wind advisory that will be in effect from 10 p.m. Monday to 4 a.m. Tuesday due to chances of south winds between 20 and 30 miles per hour, and gusts of up to 65 miles per hour, in northern and southern Lake County.

The forecast calls for rain beginning on Monday afternoon and night, with chances of a thunderstorm. The overnight rainfall total is estimated to be between 1 and 2 inches.

Rain is expected to continue on Tuesday, with up to three quarters of an inch during the day and a tenth of an inch that night.

On Wednesday, close to another inch of rain is expected to fall.

Rain will continue through Saturday, with a slight chance of rain on New Year’s Day.

Temperatures this week will range from the high 30s to high 40s at night, and high 40s to mid 50s during the day.

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