LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The abrupt return to winter weather played out Tuesday across all areas of Lake County, with intermittent rain, snow and sun.

Winter was ushered back in with a vengeance overnight, as skies cleared and temperatures dropped well below freezing in the early evening hours.

As Lake County News reported last week, the very cold storm dropping down from the Gulf of Alaska was forecast to hit Lake County and Northern California on Tuesday.

And it did just that, bringing snow flurries all the way down to lake level at times and leaving a good dusting of snow on Lake County's surrounding mountains.

With temperatures barely reaching into the 40s Tuesday and skies clearing in the early evening, overnight temperatures into this morning were predicted to be in the bone-chilling teens in isolated areas and well below freezing across the county.

Skies will be sunny Wednesday, although it will be cool, with high temperatures in the low 50s, according to Western Weather Group Lake County.

Another small system is expected to move across Northern California overnight, bringing partly cloudy skies, which may help keep overnight temperatures near freezing.

However, forecasters warned that if clouds do not develop, we may once again experience a hard freeze overnight.

Chances for rain are in the forecast Thursday through Saturday according to the National Weather Service in Sacramento, with slightly warmer temperatures.

Daytime highs for later in the week are predicted to be in the upper 50s and low 60s, with overnight temperatures near or above freezing.

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