Wind forecast. NWS.

Batten down the hatches, gusty winds and rain clouds are expected to reach Humboldt later this evening.

The National Weather Service of Eureka repots that tonight’s weather will be the forefront of a series of storms that will douse Humboldt County for the next five days.

We’ll keep you updated on any outages or serious road closures as the storms unleash their mighty power upon us. For now, we can tell you that a downed redwood tree is currently blocking Newton Drury Parkway as seen below.

Redwood National and State Parks Service.

Read more from the NWS:

A series of storm systems will bring multiple rounds of wet weather to Northwest California this week. 

The first system will move into the region tonight, Sunday night, and then exit the region on Monday.

Following that, weak frontal system will pass through on Tuesday bringing with it light rain. The third system looks to be the strongest of the three storms, which will affect our weather from Wednesday through Friday.

By the middle of the weekend, we are expecting to see drier weather return to the forecast.