LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Forecasters said a winter storm is headed toward Northern California and expected to bring rain and high winds for Lake County this week.
The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for 1 p.m. Tuesday to 4 a.m. Wednesday in response to the storm, which is forecast to bring northwest winds of 25 to 35 miles per hour and gusts of up to 60 miles per hour.
The forecast said the winter storm will impact northwest California Tuesday through Thursday, and very cold low temperatures are expected Friday and Saturday morning.
This week it’s also forecast that snow amounts at or below 5 inches will occur from
eastern Trinity County south to Lake County and west across Mendocino County.
The specific Lake County forecast calls for chances of snow showers from Wednesday through Friday, with the potential for rain on Sunday.
Daytime temperatures this week are expected to be the warmest on Monday, when they rise to the high 60s, falling to the low 40s at night, followed by cooler temperatures on Tuesday, when temperatures during the day are expected to be in the low 50s before they drop into the 30s at night.
Conditions will get much colder midweek, hovering in the low to mid 40s during the day and high 20s at night from Wednesday through Friday.
Temperatures will rise into the 50s during the day and 30s at night by the weekend, the forecast said.
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Winter storm forecast to bring high winds, rain
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