County Snow Alert

Current forecast guidance suggests that the onset of precipitation for Lake County will not be until around 9:00pm tonight, with the heaviest rates of precipitation occurring between 2am and 8am. The Weather Service currently expects all of the precipitation across Lake County to fall as snow, with snowfall rates of up to two inches an hour possible. There is a potential for thunderstorms within the overall storm system, and heavier snowfall rates are possible where thunderstorms develop. In general, the expectation is for from 8 to 14 inches of snow, with the potential for locally heavier amounts, across Lake County. Because of the nature of this storm system, the snow will be wetter and heavier than what fell earlier in the week.