LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Forecasters are predicting chances of rain Tuesday and Wednesday in Lake County and throughout much of interior Northern California.
The National Weather Service said a weakening weather system will bring scattered showers, the possibility of a thunderstorm and light snow in higher elevations in the 8,000 to 9,000 foot range on Tuesday and Wednesday.
In some parts of Northern California, north winds with gusts of up to 40 miles per hour are expected Thursday and Friday, although heavier winds are not so far included in Lake County's specific forecast.
In fire areas – such as those where the Rocky, Jerusalem and Valley fires have left well over 100,000 burned acres in Lake County – the concern is for rain followed by wind that may impact burn scars, forecasters said.
Lake County's specific forecast calls for a 50-percent chance of showers beginning after 11 p.m. Tuesday and continuing into Wednesday morning, with precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch.
On Wednesday, chances of rain range up to 70 percent countywide during the day, with rainfall totals estimated at between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible, based on the forecast. Chances of rain for Wednesday night are in the 20-percent range.
Winds of up to 21 miles per hour also are forecast for the county over those two days.
Conditions are then expected to clear for the rest of the week, with slight chances of showers returning on Sunday and Monday, the National Weather Service said.
During the week, nighttime temperatures are expected to range into the low 50s, with daytime highs in the low 80s, according to the forecast.
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Chances of rain forecast for Tuesday, Wednesday
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