To which many of the water-logged folks around here would now reply: "Just 80 percent? We wish!"

For the 26th day in a row, rain has both been in the forecast, and fallen in Seattle. That's now tied for the second-longest streak of rain ever. Over 12 inches of rain has fallen since mid-December.

Of course, all that water has to go somewhere, and just like when it rains, there's usually no room on I-5 for you to merge, more and more rivers are fast running out of room to hold all the extra water.

FLOOD WARNINGS remain in effect for the Chehalis and Skokomish rivers for the water that's already over its banks.

But another round of moderate-to-heavy rain was expected Thursday evening into Friday. That has prompted a new round of FLOOD WATCHES for just about every county that has a mountain-fed river in it has the potential for flooding.

(The official list is: Clallam, Jefferson, Skagit, Whatcom, Mason, Snohomish, King, Lewis, Pierce, Thurston, and Grays Harbor.)

A 'warning' means flooding is happening or imminent. A 'watch' means conditions are right for flooding.

At most risk are the same rivers that are still, or recently were, above flood stage, including the Skokomish, Chehalis, Nisqually, White, Snoqualmie, Puyallup, Satsop and Tolt rivers. Not to mention, small stream, urban, and lowland flooding can occur even away from the major rivers.

That means additional landslide or mudslides are possible through the end of the week as well.

No new landslides were reported Thursday, but several roadways remained closed, the state Department of Transportation said.

-State Route 107 three miles south of Montesano was closed indefinitely. The department was building a temporary gravel road to reopen the route.

-S.R. 166 in Port Orchard remained closed because of an unstable slope. A five-mile detour was in place.

-S.R. 131 in Silver Creek was closed in both directions 1.7 miles south of U.S. Highway 12 because of high water.

-S.R. 401 near the Astoria Bridge over the Columbia River was reduced to single-land alternating traffic.

-Several places on U.S. 101 on the Olympic Peninsula were being repaired.

-U.S. 12 near the Thurston-Grays Harbor county line was closed in both directions because of water on the roadway.

Amtrak service was running between Seattle and Portland but mudslides north of Seattle prevented train travel between Seattle and Everett. Service north of Seattle was expected to resume Friday afternoon.

Mud slid down a slope and across the Burke-Gilman Trail in north Seattle on Wednesday and a section of the popular biking, walking and rolling trail was closed, said Dewey Potter, spokeswoman for Seattle Parks and Recreation.

A pathway to the beach was closed at West Seattle's Lincoln Park when a sink hole formed in the walkway. Potter said that path would be closed until the city's water department can figure out what caused the problem, which may be related to a nearby sewer line.

Perhaps A Break?

The long range forecasts are showing some optimism for at least slowing down the frequency of storms, staring this weekend. Lighter showers are forecast for Saturday and Sunday -- actually, Sunday is still a decent chance to go dry wire-to-wire and end the streak, but there will still be some isolated showers around to keep it close.

More heavy rain is forecast for Monday and Tuesday, but then we might actually get a two-day dry break for the middle of next week to end the streak at either 29 or 30 before rain returns for Friday.

Hey, wait a minute, two dry days out of eight means an every-day rainy forecast would only be right 75 percent of the time. So it's not quite *that* easy, Mr. East Coast forecaster :)

The Associated Press contribued to this report.