LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Forecasters are warning of the potential for gusting winds and rain in the run up to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Early Tuesday morning the National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for areas of Northern California, including Lake County. The advisory is in effect until midnight Tuesday.
South winds of 15 to 30 miles per hour are anticipated, with gusts between 40 and 50 miles per hour possible, the National Weather Service reported.
The agency said the gusting winds raise the possibility of difficult driving conditions and power outages.
Lake County and parts of Northern California also are the subjects of a National Weather Service special weather statement forecasting rain and, in some higher elevations, snow through the middle of the week.
Those conditions are expected to result from low pressure that is moving from the Gulf of Alaska and into the Pacific Northwest through Wednesday.
Rain is forecast in Lake County for Tuesday, with showers also likely on Wednesday. Thanksgiving is expected to start with patchy fog that will clear and give way to sunny conditions, with daytime highs in the mid 60s.
Sunny conditions are expected to continue Friday, with chances of showers on Saturday, and Sunday bringing more sun, giving way to clouds at night, the National Weather Service reported.
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