- Elizabeth Larson
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Forecasters: 'Atmospheric river' on way to West Coast
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Storm conditions moving into the Pacific Northwest are expected to impact Northern California from Wednesday through the weekend.
The National Weather Service earlier this week issued a special weather statement for Lake County and other portions of Northern California due to an impending winter storm, as Lake County News has reported.
On Tuesday, that special weather statement remained in effect, and the National Weather Service reported that an “atmospheric river” – a plume of concentrated moisture between 250 and 400 miles wide in the atmosphere – is moving into the Pacific Northwest and expected to descend over Northern California.
Last December's big storm event was attributed to an atmospheric river.
The precipitation forecast in Lake County is for 2 to 3 inches from Nice northward, 1 to 2 inches for parts of the Northshore as well as Clearlake, Lakeport, Kelseyville, Hidden Valley Lake, Middletown and Cobb, and half an inch to an inch in the lower southeastern portion of the county, according to National Weather Service maps.
A large amount of snow is expected to fall across Northern California's mountains, with as much as 2 feet forecast in the Sierras, based on the forecast.
The far northern parts of Lake County could get between 3 and 6 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
Although much of the storm's impact is expected to happen from Wednesday through Friday, forecasters are predicting that chances of showers will continue through the weekend and into early next week in Lake County. There also are chances on Thursday of gusting winds.
Nighttime temperatures over the next several days are forecast to dip into the low 30s at night, with daytime highs in the low 50s, based on the county's specific forecast.
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