LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A slight warming trend will begin Friday as the Memorial Day weekend approaches, with chances for rain beginning on Sunday.
The big cool-down this week included reports of frost Thursday morning in Scotts Valley and areas of the Big Valley, with calmer winds throughout most of the day as chances for frost persisted through this morning according to Western Weather Group Lake County.
Daytime temperatures are expected to be slightly warmer Friday and Saturday with highs in the low- to upper-70s with increasingly partly cloudy skies.
Moving into Sunday, temperatures are forecast to begin to decrease once again to below-average levels.
Overnight lows also are predicted to inch upwards, but still remain in the mid-30s to mid-40s throughout the weekend.
Forecast models currently give a 40 percent chance of rain on Memorial Day, with possibilities for rain throughout early next week.
Every drop of rain will be welcome, as Lake County and all of Northern California experienced the third driest January and February on record this year – normally the months with the highest rainfall amounts – since record-keeping began in 1850, according to Wester Weather Group Lake County.
Long range weather models currently indicate near to below-normal temperatures to persist into early June.
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