The National Weather Service says parts of the Paradise ridge likely got soaked with up to 10 inches of rain over the last week.
From Jan. 20 through Friday, the weather service’s observed precipitation map shows upper Paradise and much of Magalia received about 10 inches of rain while the rest of the ridge got about 8 inches.
East of Paradise and north of Berry Creek, the Middle Fork of the Feather River watershed also saw up to 10 inches of rain.
“Gauge reports are plotted against long term climatologic precipitation (PRISM data), and derived amounts are interpolated between gauge locations,” the National Weather Service explains in its explanation of how the data for the map is compiled west of the Continental Divide. The map can be found at https://water.weather.gov/precip.
