LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A system coming into Northern California from the eastern Pacific Ocean is expected to bring with it rain to Lake County and other parts of the region starting on Thursday evening.
The National Weather Service issued an updated special weather statement for Northern California on Thursday afternoon calling for wet and windy weather through Monday.
The agency's forecast said a significant stream of moisture “will continue to interact with a series of fronts through the weekend” to bring widespread rain from Washington southward to Northern California.
Two primary waves of precipitation are expected, according to forecasters.
The first wave is expected to arrive Thursday night and continue through Friday, while the second wave will occur from Saturday afternoon through early Monday.
On Thursday night, the forecast calls for close to an inch of rain across Lake County with wind gust into the 20-mile-per-hour range. More than half an inch of rain is anticipated on Friday, with wind gusts into the mid-teens.
The specific forecast does not include potential rainfall totals for Saturday and Sunday. However, wind gusts into the 20s are again expected on Saturday.
The National Weather Service is forecasting rainfall totals for the two storm waves through Tuesday of between one and two inches in southern Lake County, and ranging up to six inches of rain in the far northern portion of Lake County.
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Forecasters say first storm wave to hit Northern California Thursday evening
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