LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – After a week of sunny spring weather, it was easy to forget about winter, until a blast of unseasonably cold weather rolled across the county on Thursday.

The National Weather Service in Sacramento had issued a hazardous weather outlook warning of the possibility of snow on Thursday thanks to a cold front moving down from the north.

The weather was definitely cooler and windier on Thursday, until the afternoon, when cloud cover blew in.

At around 3 p.m. the National Weather Service's Doppler radar picked up thunderstorms developing along an area from far southeast Lake County through Solano and Colusa counties, and moving toward Sacramento.

Reports from readers came in reporting a serious hail storm in the area of Highway 20 and Highway 16 in the county's southeast area.

After 4 p.m. pea-sized hail swept over areas of the county including Nice, Lucerne and Upper Lake, and hailstorms were later reported in Kelseyville, Clearlake, Hidden Valley Lake, Loch Lomond and Cobb.

Snow also was reported in Clearlake and Cobb late Thursday afternoon, although area residents reported that the snow didn't last for long.

The National Weather Service is predicting more sun and some wind over the weekend, with warmer temperatures at the start of next week and chances of showers in the middle of the week.

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