Over a half-inch of rain has fallen in Maple Leaf today, and it shows. Especially in traffic.
Late this afternoon Roosevelt Way Northeast was backed up southbound past Northeast 80th Street, while 80th itself was backed up from the freeway over to Roosevelt. Interstate 5 wasn’t much better.
What about the three-day holiday weekend? A mixed bag, but not as bad as today. University of Washington professor Cliff Mass, on his weather blog, says:
Let me cut to the key issue..how does Memorial Day weekend look? Right now it appears that the showers will end early Saturday and that this day will be decent with a weak ridge building over the area. But by Sunday afternoon a weak front will make landfall, bringing showers. Timing such features are difficult, but at this point there is NO reason to expect a major warm-up over the weekend….sorry.
