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Lake County Weather: Forecasters warn of potential for thunderstorms, lightning on Sunday
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – After record-breaking temperatures across Northern California on Saturday, Sunday's weather forecast includes a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms and – more troublesome – the chance for dry lightning strikes which could erupt into wildfires throughout the North State.
The intense early June heat experienced over the past two days throughout Northern California and Lake County, coupled with a low-pressure system approaching the West Coast on Sunday, caused the National Weather Service in Sacramento to issue an urgent fire weather message for the area.
Saturday was as hot as expected. Lake County News readers reported varying temperatures around the county – 113 degrees at Highland Springs, 115 degrees in Clearlake Oaks and Clearlake, 116 degrees in Lakeport, with the highest local temperature reported to be 119 degrees in Middletown.
As this low pressure system moves in to displace the strong high pressure system throughout the day Sunday, forecasters expect the initially dry storms with gusty winds to increase in both moisture and chances for lightning strikes.
According to Western Weather Group Lake County, as the day progresses into evening, the chances for isolated thunderstorms with minimal amounts of rain will increase.
Because of this new low pressure system, daytime cooling will occur by drawing the airflow from offshore to onshore, and bringing with it closer-to-normal temperatures.
Daytime highs are expected to drop well back into the 90s for most areas on Sunday. Overnight lows are forecast to be near 50 degrees with even more cooling and clouds as Monday dawns and the low pressure system moves through, causing daytime highs to dip back into the low 80s.
After Monday, temperatures will warm again slightly, but forecasters predict that it will be mid- to late-June before hot weather above the mid-90s returns.
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