LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Lake County is expected to have above-average temperatures for the rest of this week, but forecasters said there could be rain this weekend and early next.
The National Weather Service said dry conditions are expected to last into Friday “with temperatures warming to above average toward the end of the work week.”
The forecast continues, “Wetter conditions are expected to return later in the weekend into early next week with rain and mountain snow possible as well as below average temperatures.”
The agency’s forecast discussion explained that a strong high pressure system over the northeast Pacific is keeping conditions over northwest California warmer, and it’s expected to strengthen into Thursday.
This weekend, the pattern change is expected, bringing an upper level “trough” — an area of atmospheric pressure — is expected to drop southward over the West Coast this weekend and into early next week.
As a result, light rain is expected later in the weekend and into early next week.
The specific Lake County forecast calls for daytime highs in the low 60s until this weekend, when they will drop into the mid 50s. Nighttime temperatures are forecast to be in the low to mid 40s.
From Friday through Monday, nighttime conditions will drop from the high to the low 30s, based on the forecast.
Calm winds also are forecast from Wednesday through Friday.
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Forecast shows potential for return of rain this weekend
- Elizabeth Larson
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