Well, Humboldt County’s First False Spring of the season has come to an end, looks like. It was fun while it lasted, and it’ll be fun again when Second and Third and Fourth False Springs come around.

The next six days, though? Rain likely, rain, rain, showers, rain and rain, according to the National Weather Service’s forecast for Eureka.

Up in the hils: Snow! The NWS just issued a Winter Storm Watch that warns of snow — possibly heavy snow — down to 2,000 feet between Monday and Wednesday.  The big dump will likely occur Monday night, says the NWS, so be prepared for chaos on the highways Tuesday.

Though not immediately fun, we are duty-bound to remind you that precipitation is a Good Thing, particularly in winters such as this one, when we’re trailing a bit on the rainfall scale. We’re currently two inches behind the average rainfall year, and it seems like the coming flurry will get us up to par.