LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A wet and windy late-winter storm system is moving over Northern California, and it’s expected to bring with it at least a few inches of rain before another weather system arrives later this week.

The National Weather Service said the first of the storm systems, which arrived on Monday, is expected to extend through Wednesday.

The storm could bring with it thunderstorms on Tuesday afternoon, as well as hail, with rain decreasing on Wednesday, when the specific forecast calls for a break in the rain in Lake County through to Thursday night.

Forecasters predict that the next storm system will moves across Northern California beginning on Friday, bringing with it the potential for wetter and colder conditions, along with wind, into Monday.

The forecast calls for wind gusts on Tuesday as high as 25 miles per hour. Rainfall amounts are expected to total up to an inch and a half through Wednesday.

After a stretch of warmer temperatures, Lake County is expected to see the temperatures drop through early next week, with nighttime temperatures dropping into the high 30s and daytime temperatures into the low 50s.

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