LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The National Weather Service said a winter storm will bring rain and mountain snow this weekend, with wet weather expected to impact the region through the middle of next week.

The agency’s Eureka office said that, as the cold front approaches, winds are expected to increase on Saturday, diminishing in the wake of the cold front on Saturday night.

In Lake County, rain is expected to start on Saturday evening, with less than a tenth of an inch during the day but up to three quarters of an inch on Saturday night.

There is the possibility of another inch of rain on Sunday.

On Monday, the forecast calls for as much as an inch and a half, the National Weather Services said.

The forecast expects more rain from Tuesday through Thursday, with specific amounts not predicted.

Temperatures over the coming week will hover in the high 40s during the day and the low 40s at night until Monday, when they will drop into the 30s and continue in that range through late in the week.

There also will be light winds in the evenings until Monday, when southwest winds of up to 17 miles per hour and gusts of up to 23 miles per hour, are forecast.

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