Rare late-summer rains appear in North Coast

<p>A slight, barely measurable amount of rain fell across the North Coast on Sunday afternoon, bringing precipitation to a region that normally receives none this early in September.</p><p>The area of low pressure that brought light rain to Sonoma County is expected to linger through this morning and to carry with it the possibility of showers until noon.</p><p>After that, weather forecasters say, clouds will give way to sunshine during the afternoon.</p><p>By 4 p.m. Sunday, most weather reporting stations across Sonoma County reported the first measurable rain of the season.</p><p>Santa Rosa reported .05 of an inch, Sebastopol had .12 inches, Healdsburg recorded .09 inches and Windsor had .06 inches.</p><p>At this time last year, none of the weather recording stations in Sonoma County had recorded any rain.</p><p>A high pressure system over the region is expected to bring more sunshine over the week with daytime high temperatures climbing into the 80s by Wednesday.</p>