LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Due to heavy rains expected in the coming days, the National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch that is in effect from Sunday morning through early Monday morning in the area of the Valley, Rocky and Jerusalem fire burn areas.

There was a slight break in the rain on Friday, but more rain arrived on Friday night and early Saturday morning, with forecasters anticipating light to moderate rainfall with this latest system.

The National Weather Service reported 24-hour rainfall totals for the county through 3 a.m. Saturday that averaged about a third of an inch countywide.

However, a much wetter Pacific storm system is expected to move through Northern California Sunday and Sunday night, potentially bringing with it heavy rain – possibly several inches in the foothills and mountains, with several inches of snow also expected above the 6,000-foot elevation level, the National Weather Service reported.

The specific forecast for Lake County said that 1 to 2 inches of rain are possible on Sunday alone, and several inches overall during the course of the week.

Storms are forecast to continue Monday and Tuesday, with a break on Wednesday, and the potential for still more rain late in the week.

Forecasters warned that any residents of the burn areas – or anyone traveling through them – be particularly vigilant as flooding conditions could develop quickly, leading to a dangerous situation.

In those areas, be on the lookout for potential flooding, rock and debris flows if rainfall is heavy, forecasters said.

Temperatures over the next several days are expected to range into the low 50s in the daytime and into the low 40s at night, according to the forecast.

Clear Lake's level continues to rise thanks to the rain, passing 2.50 feet Rumsey early Saturday, up from just under 2 feet Rumsey a week ago, according to the US Geological Survey.

What that is still short of the 2.83 feet Rumsey recorded on Jan. 16 of last year, the lake is looking far better than it did on this date in 2014, when the depth was 0.59 feet Rumsey, based on survey records.

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