Seattle weather: Widespread rain drenches Puget Sound

Seattle weather: Rain continues into Friday evening

Friday will start wet, with heavy rain in central Puget Sound and snow at higher mountain passes.

SEATTLE - After a drenching morning around Puget Sound with minor urban flooding in some cases, we're tracking slightly less activity by later tonight. However, a good chunk of Puget Sound remains under a Flood Advisory until 3:15 p.m.

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This Flood Advisory is posted for a large swath of King and Snohomish Counties, along with Tacoma, the Kitsap Peninsula and Vashon and Bainbridge Islands. This alert is in effect for ponding on the roads and minor street flooding where there's poor drainage.

There were no weather alerts from local authorities ahead of the widespread flooding.

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Rainfall in Seattle area

By the numbers:

Take a look at the rain totals recorded until 11 a.m. At the National Weather Service office in Seattle, more than an inch was recorded before noon. While the rain wasn't always torrential, the constant and stationary nature of the wet weather made driving a real challenge.

In many places, the roads were incredibly slick and slippery. Where storm drains were clogged, standing water accumulated quickly.

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Big picture view:

Please note, not every community in Western Washington experienced the damp conditions. Some in the North Sound and Salish Sea were drier this morning.

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For the rest of the day today, there will still be pockets of steady rain. There's still a possibility for localized cases of ponding on the roads; however, the rain likely won't be as intense as what we experienced earlier today.

It's still a good idea to drive carefully, keep speeds in check and maintain braking distance.

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What's next:

In addition to the rain, it'll be breezy with dark skies. Gusts will primarily range under 30 mph, but there could be a few exceptions.

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There will be fewer showers this weekend with cloudy skies as well. Temperatures get cooler for next week. There's a possibility for some accumulating snow at the passes here-and-there next week, but there is still some uncertainty about how much moisture we may experience.

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Take good care,

Meteorologist Abby Acone and Chief Meteorologist Brian MacMillan

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