CHICO — The latest Northern California storm brought significant rainfall by Butte County standards with Chico seeing up to 1.36 inches by 2 p.m. Thursday.

Nathan Rick, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office, said that number was likely to climb with continuing showers overnight into Friday morning and possibly more on the way toward the end of the weekend.

“There could be another quarter to a half-inch of rain but Friday and Saturday are expected to stay pretty dry in and around Chico,” Rick said.

Rick added that while its still too early to know for sure, another system could bring additional rainfall Sunday night into Monday morning.

“We can’t rule out showers Saturday into Sunday in light amounts, maybe a tenth of an inch,” Rick said. “Sunday evening

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