Weather

Western Washington will get a break from widespread rain today as the Skagit and Nooksack rivers crest after reaching moderate flood stage.

A second round of rains this weekend has led to a second round of flooding in some of Whatcom County’s hardest-hit towns.

Happy Sunday. The North Sound took another beating due to a second atmospheric river this week. Widespread rain, snow melt, and record-breaking rain totals for some, have contributed to the flooding today. Flood warnings remain in effect at this hour for the highlighted areas below.

Though flooding that was expected to threaten parts of the Northwest didn’t end up being too bad Sunday, weather officials urged residents to remain alert because more rain was on the way to an area where there’s lingering water from extreme weather earlier this month.

Whatcom County is already bracing for another round of flooding, barely two weeks after a historic atmospheric river swept through the region.

Rain this weekend will push many area rivers to rise rapidly causing yet again, minor to major flooding, especially in Whatcom and Skagit Counties.

Welcome to the start of another wet weekend as an atmospheric river pumps in more rain to the region.  Saturday and Sunday look very sloppy with heavy rain at times and breezy to gusty winds for the lowlands with a chance for freezing rain, heavy downpours with rising snow levels across the mountains. 

Flood watches were issued for much of western Washington as storms associated with multiple “atmospheric rivers” threaten parts of the Northwest that saw heavy damage from extreme weather earlier this month.

Western Washington will get a break between systems Friday, as another atmospheric river takes aim at the region over the weekend.