LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The wind picked up, the clouds moved in and the temperature dropped on Tuesday afternoon as a high pressure system began moving into Lake County, bringing with it a chance of rain Wednesday and into the evening with much cooler-than-normal temperatures expected.

Daytime high temperatures yesterday reached the mid-80s around Lake County, but the National Weather Service in Sacramento has dialed down the forecast with the arrival Tuesday of an unseasonably strong low-pressure system.

Average temperatures for this time of year should reach in to the upper-80s, but Wednesday's forecast high is predicted to only top out in the upper 60s, with a 20-percent chance of rain into the evening before 11 p.m., with mostly cloudy skies.

A red flag warning was issued for Wednesday in the Sierra Nevada mountains and Nevada due to high winds with this low pressure system.

Thursday should be slightly warmer as the low pressure system moves out, with daytime highs in the mid-70s, with temperatures climbing back in to the 80s by the weekend.

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