Another cold day in the North Bay

<p>Another round of freezing temperatures Wednesday painted the landscape white with frost and froze over the dog’s water dish as temperatures around the North Bay sat in the low 20s.</p><p>“This should be the last day for it being this cold. Clouds are going to come in later this afternoon,” said Diana Henderson, meteorologist with the National Weather Service. </p><p>Thursday will bring a decent chance of light rain, Henderson said. The odds of rain will increase as Thursday goes on, with a 50 percent chance by evening.</p><p>But early Wednesday it was clear, crisp and calm with 23 degrees at the Sonoma County-Charles M. Schulz Airport. At Napa airport it was 25 and San Rafael had a low of 30 degrees.</p><p>Around Sonoma County, volunteer weather watchers in various neighborhoods logged further examples of the freeze, with 25 degrees in Sebastopol, 20 in Rohnert Park, 21 in Santa Rosa, Windsor with 23 degrees and Geyserville with 31 degrees.</p><p>It was 23 degrees in Graton with “lots of frost on the pumpkin today,” wrote the Graton volunteer.</p><p>The CHP in Sonoma County Wednesday reported no major accidents or issues with black ice.</p><p>Wednesday’s high temperature could reach a still-chilly 51 degrees, but warmer than Tuesday’s 44 degree high in Santa Rosa.</p><p>With the rain front moving in, low temperatures Thursday should be in the low 30s around the area.</p><p>The upcoming weather system most likely will bring more rain to the South Bay and Southern California than the North Bay, Henderson said.</p><p>That system is due to move out by Friday with another system behind it, lasting into the weekend. That storm should have more measurable rain for the North Bay, Henderson said.</p>