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Bellingham, Washington
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Almanac
Average High: 42°
Average Low: 31°
Record high/year: 61° (1986)
Record low/year: 16° (1950)
Sunrise: 8:00 AM
Sunset: 4:33 PM
Detailed History
Sun and Moon
Sunrise: 08:00 AM (PST)
Moon Rise: 02:47 PM (PST)
Sunset: 04:33 PM (PST)
Moon Set: 07:03 AM (PST)
Moon Phase
Air Pollution
Next 12 Hours
Forecast data from the National Digital Forecast Database
5-Day Forecast
Forecast for Western Whatcom County
Tonight
Cloudy with a chance of rain...and a little rain likely in the north part. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s. South wind 10 to 20 mph.
Saturday
Breezy. Rain likely. Highs in the 40s. South wind 15 to 25 mph.
Saturday Night
Rain. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. South wind 10 to 20 mph.
Sunday
Cloudy. Light rain likely. Highs in the 40s to lower 50s. South wind 5 to 15 mph.
Sunday Night and Monday
Cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 40s.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the upper 30s.
Tuesday
Partly sunny. Areas of morning fog. Highs in the mid 40s.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy. Areas of fog. Lows in the mid 30s.
Wednesday and Wednesday Night
Mostly clear. Areas of night and morning fog. Highs in the upper 40s. Lows in the mid 30s.
Thursday and Friday
Mostly sunny days. Highs in the 50s. Lows in the 30s.
Probability of Precipitation
| Place | Tonight | Saturday | Saturday Night | Sunday | ||||
| Friday Harbor | 41°F | 40% | 47°F | 70% | 44°F | 70% | 49°F | 60% |
| Eastsound | 42°F | 40% | 47°F | 70% | 45°F | 80% | 49°F | 60% |
| Bellingham | 40°F | 60% | 46°F | 70% | 42°F | 90% | 48°F | 60% |
| Sumas | 39°F | 60% | 45°F | 80% | 43°F | 90% | 46°F | 60% |
| Anacortes | 41°F | 40% | 46°F | 70% | 43°F | 80% | 48°F | 60% |
| Mount Vernon | 39°F | 40% | 45°F | 70% | 42°F | 90% | 47°F | 60% |
| Oak Harbor | 41°F | 40% | 47°F | 70% | 43°F | 80% | 48°F | 60% |
| Port Townsend | 40°F | 20% | 47°F | 70% | 44°F | 70% | 48°F | 60% |
= Probability of Precipitation
Flood Warning
Statement as of 11:21 am PST on January 09, 2009
The Flood Warning continues for
the Nooksack river at Ferndale
* until late tonight.
* At 11:15 am Friday the stage was 20.5 feet.
* Flood stage is 19.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring. The forecast is for minor flooding.
* Forecast... the river has crested and will continue to fall to below
flood stage this evening.
* Impact... at 19.0 feet... the Nooksack river will cause shallow
flooding of low pasture lands along the river from near Ferndale
downstream to the mouth.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 10:15 am PST on January 9, 2009
... A few record or near record crests during this flood event...
... Summary of river crests as of 6 am Friday morning...
**preliminary data... official data will be verified and published
by USGS.
Record crests old record
Snoqualmie river near Carnation 62.31 ft 61.17 ft 11/07/2006
nf stillaguamish river near Arlington 50300 cfs 44000 cfs 10/21/2003
Near record crests record
Snohomish river at Snohomish 33.47 ft 33.50 ft 11/25/1990
Newaukum river near Chehalis 13.50 ft 13.54 ft 2/08/1996
Skookumchuck river near Bucoda 17.72 ft 17.87 ft 2/08/1996
stillaguamish river at Arlington 20.82 ft 21.06 ft 11/06/2006
tolt river near Carnation 17200 cfs 17400 cfs 12/15/1959
*nf stillaguamish river near Arlington 15.12 ft 15.20 ft 11/24/1990
* see above the same location for record discharge
Summary of river crests as of 6 am Friday morning.
River Crest major fs flood stage
Central west region
Skykomish river near Gold Bar 18.85 ft 15.0 ft
Snohomish river near Monroe 24.03 ft 17.0 ft 15.0 ft
Snohomish river at Snohomish 33.47 ft 29.0 ft 25.0 ft
tolt river near Carnation 17200 cfs 7000 cfs 4500 cfs
Snoqualmie river near the falls 60492 cfs 41000 cfs 20000 cfs
Snoqualmie river near Carnation 62.31 ft 58.0 ft 54.0 ft
Issaquah creek near Issaquah 12.54 ft 11.5 ft 10.5 ft
Cedar River near Landsburg 8.44 ft 7.0 ft 5.0 ft
Cedar River at Renton 16.60 ft 12.0 ft
South West region
White River near Buckley 11309 cfs 10000 cfs
Carbon river near Fairfax 15.75 ft 15.0 ft 13.5 ft
Puyallup river near Orting 16424 cfs 16000 cfs 4500 cfs
Nisqually river near National 12.68 ft 11.9 ft 10.0 ft
Nisqually river at McKenna 10.59 ft 10.0 ft
Deschutes river near Rainier 14.47 ft 11.0 ft
Cowlitz river at Randle 22.80 ft 22.0 ft 18.0 ft
Cowlitz river below Mayfield dam 34828 cfs 25000 cfs
Skookumchuck river near Bucoda 17.72 ft 17.0 ft 13.5 ft
Skookumchuck river near Centralia 86.58 ft 85.0 ft
Newaukum river near Chehalis 13.50 ft 13.5 ft 10.5 ft
Chehalis river nr Doty 16.38 ft 13.0 ft
Chehalis river at Centralia 72.40 ft 72.0 ft 65.0 ft
Chehalis river near Grand Mound 18.18 ft 17.0 ft 14.0 ft
Chehalis river at Porter **23.93 ft 21.0 ft
(** current reading for Porter... cresting later today )
North west region
Sf Nooksack river at Saxon br 8.45 ft 8.0 ft
Nooksack river at north Cedarville 148.68 ft 146.5 ft
Nooksack river at Ferndale 22.76 ft 19.0 ft
Skagit River near Concrete 28.09 ft 28.0 ft
Skagit River near Mount Vernon 28.61 ft 28.0 ft
nf stillaguamish river near Arlington 15.12 ft 15.0 ft 13.0 ft
sf stillaguamish river nr Granite fs 17.26 ft 14.0 ft
stillaguamish river at Arlington 20.82 ft 19.0 ft 14.0 ft
Olympic peninsula region
Bogachiel river near La Push 41.61 ft 41.0 ft 37.0 ft
Skokomish River near Potlatch 17.03 ft 16.8 ft 16.0 ft
Satsop river near Satsop 38.12 ft 38.0 ft 34.0 ft
wynoochee river near Montesano 20.09 ft 20.0 ft 18.0 ft
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Location: Top of Alabama Hill, Bellingham, WA Updated: 3:07 PM PST |
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| Temperature: 37.8 °F | Dew Point: 36 °F | Humidity: 95% | Wind: SSE at 1.5 mph | Pressure: 30.46 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Windchill: 38 °F | Historical Graphs |
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| Temperature: 39 °F | Dew Point: 35 °F | Humidity: 85% | Wind: SSW at 1 mph | Pressure: 30.60 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Windchill: 39 °F | Historical Graphs |
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| Temperature: 36 °F | Dew Point: 34 °F | Humidity: 92% | Wind: SE at 6 mph | Pressure: - | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Windchill: 31 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Jeffcott Place, Ferndale, WA Updated: 3:07 PM PST |
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| Temperature: 39.0 °F | Dew Point: 35 °F | Humidity: 85% | Wind: South at 2.0 mph | Pressure: 30.54 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Windchill: 39 °F | Historical Graphs |
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| Temperature: 38.1 °F | Dew Point: 35 °F | Humidity: 89% | Wind: South at 2.0 mph | Pressure: 30.57 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Windchill: 38 °F | Historical Graphs |
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NWS Forecaster Discussion
608 fxus66 ksew 091737 cca afdsew Area forecast discussion National Weather Service Seattle Washington 925 am PST Friday Jan 9 2009 Synopsis...a moist frontal system will move through western Washington Saturday. High pressure will start to build into the region Sunday...but weak weather systems may keep light rain over western Washington at times through Monday. Strong high pressure builds by the middle of next week. && Short term...dry today...just a chance of rain north part. The next frontal system will bring rain to western Washington Sat and Sat night...the wrfgfs shows a couple of inches of rain in the mountains...maybe 2-3" out on the coast in the 24hrs ending 12z Sunday. The system looks moist on satimg west/ the moisture extending southwest to around 30n/160w but this will be a far cry from what we just endured and the European model (ecmwf) is not very wet...with less than an inch of rain for the mountains through 12z sun. The freezing level will again rise but the first part of the precipitation will be snow in the Cascades. NAM gives Cascades a half inch to 1.5" of water but 850mb temperature stays below 0c until about 10pm Sat in the north Cascades. Temperatures in the central and southern Cascades warm to around +3c but precipitation amounts are lower there. Bottom line is that this gives just a fraction of what the mountains received the past few days. In the wetter NAM solution there is rain a times sun and Monday as systems drag through the area through the top of a dirty ridge...just the tail end of each system brushes through western Washington having dropped most of their precipitation in b.C. First. Probability of precipitation and qps do look a notch low. The global models do not play up the additional systems after the frontal system on Saturday...GFS and European model (ecmwf) are merely drippy through Monday...a little light rain at times...drizzly in The Lowlands. The upper heights are a little lower/the ridge is dirtiest in the NAM...by 00z Tuesday at 500mb the height over Seattle is 576dam on the GFS while the NAM is maybe 100m lower. Not sure whether the sloppier NAM with more onshore flow through Monday might is the best way to go with the forecast but Saturday certainly looks like a rainy day. 19 Long term...after a couple of weak systems/dirty ridge scenario sun and Monday the ridge amplifies along 130w so that by the middle of next week should give the pacnw ample protection from any weather systems. A trend to a sunny forecast looks good as strong surface high pressure drops into Montana and the Dakotas and offshore flow is in place over western Washington. Off the GFS...there is about a 20mb difference between lower pressure along the Oregon coast and high pressure over NE Washington by midweek...and with 1000-500mb thickness rising into the 550's that ought give very fine weather for this time of year. It may take a few days to set up the dry weather pattern...but the GFS and European model (ecmwf) are a good match next Wednesday. 19 && Aviation...west-northwest flow aloft with flat upper ridge located inside of 140w. Next system riding over the top of the ridge will impact southern British Columbia tonight. Rain may begin in the late afternoon around 00z for Bellingham and areas northward. Another wave will arrive offshore around 12z...and drop further south bringing rain to the entire area on Saturday. For the central Puget Sound sound and southward...mostly middle and high cloud will dominate through 12z Saturday...but ceilings will lower sharply toward 18z with MVFR ceilings likely to develop. Could still see fog for sheltered locations tonight like kolm. Ksea...scattered sct035-040 floating around the south sound this morning...but only really have to contend with middle and high level moisture through 12z Saturday. Damico && Marine...combined seas have dropped off in the morning hours...with most nearby coastal locations reporting between 10 and 11 feet and expect seas to stay around this level for most of the day. With a frontal system passing to the north...surface winds have become more southeasterly north of Everett. Some guidance continues to suggest small craft winds for the northern inland waters...East Entrance...and Admiralty Inlet as early as 03z this evening. May end up hoisting a small craft for these areas with the afternoon package. Damico && Sew watches/warnings/advisories... Washington...various flood warnings in effect for western Washington. Pz...Small Craft Advisory coast and West Entrance to the Strait. .Small Craft Advisory for rough bar conditions Grays Harbor bar. $$ Www.Weather.Gov/Seattle For the enhanced afd please visit Www.Weather.Gov/Seattle/gafd/latest_webafd.Html (all lowercase)