LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The sunny and warm weather Lake County has been enjoying for the past week is about to give way to more rain this week.

The National Weather Service is predicting the dry and “unseasonably mild weather” will continue during the first half of the week.

Rain is then forecast to arrive on Friday and continue with chances of showers into Monday.

Temperatures will drop to the high 40s during the day and into the high 30s at night during that time, according to the forecast.

Throughout the North Coast region, there also will be chances of snow in the higher elevations, beginning at between 5,000 and 6,000 feet on Thursday and dropping to the range of 3,500 to 4,500 feet.

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