Spring storm’s second wave expected to bring gusty winds across Whatcom County
A second round of heavy rain is expected to hit Whatcom County and the rest of Western Washington from Monday night through Tuesday morning, along with strong south winds.
National Weather Service forecasters issued a wind advisory until 11 a.m. Tuesday for parts of Western Washington, including Bellingham and lowland Whatcom County. South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 40 mph of greater are expected.
Strongest winds are expected over Bellingham, with a 50% chance of gusts exceeding 50 mph, the weather service said in an online briefing Monday afternoon.
Winds that strong could blow around patio furniture and cause a few scattered power outages but rain won’t be as heavy this time around.
“This wave is not as juicy as the first one,” meteorologist Dana Felton said at the National Weather Service website.
Even so, a rare late season “Pineapple Express” — a storm more typical of winter in the Northwest, dropped 0.63 inches of rain over two days, as measured at Bellingham International Airport. That’s more than a third of June’s total average rainfall of 1.61 inches.
This story was originally published June 3, 2024 at 11:20 AM.
