Monday snowstorm coats Lake County in winter white
- Elizabeth Larson
- Posted On
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – As forecasters had predicted, snow came to Lake County on Monday, dusting mountaintops, covering cars and making mountain roads more precarious.
The National Weather Service has Lake County and other parts of Northern California under a winter storm warning that continues through 7 a.m. Tuesday. That warning noted the possibility of rain and snow down to elevations of 750 feet, with snowfall accumulations expected from the 1,000 foot elevation and above.
On Monday, there were reports of snow throughout the county, as well as rain and brief periods of hail.
By early evening, Mount Konocti and the hills along the Northshore were adorned with a bright white layer of powder.
Throughout the afternoon there were snow flurries. As the snow fell steadily in Lakeport, it didn’t stick to the ground but left a cold white layer over vehicles. Readers in Clearlake reported snow falling off and on, and on the Northshore there also was intermittent snowfall into the night.
The National Weather Service had predicted less than an inch of snow in low-lying areas of Lake County, with the possibility of 6 inches or more in the mountains.
On Monday night, the California Highway Patrol reported that chains were needed on Highway 175 into Cobb due to increasing snowfall.
More snow is forecast to fall before 10 a.m. Tuesday, forecasters said.
Conditions from Tuesday on are predicted to be mostly sunny through Thursday, before rain returns to the forecast through early next week. Daytime temperatures will range from the mid 40s to low 50s and fall as low as 30 degree mark at night through the weekend. Light winds also are in the forecast.
Ahead of the snow, in Lake County overnight Sunday and into early Monday there was several hours of steady rain. Total precipitation totals for the 24-hour period from 12 a.m. Monday through 12 a.m. Tuesday are as follows, in inches:
– Bartlett Springs: 0.88.
– Boggs Mountain: 0.83.
– Colusa County line: 0.56.
– Hidden Valley Lake: 0.57.
– Indian Valley Reservoir: 0.51.
– Kelseyville: 0.45.
– Knoxville Creek: 0.73.
– Lakeport: 0.49.
– Lower Lake: 0.62.
– Soda Creek (near Lake Pillsbury): 0.65.
– Upper Lake: 0.78.
– Whispering Pines: 0.64.
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