Here’s when Whatcom County may see triple-digit heat

Unseasonably warm weather is expected across Western Washington next week, with an outside chance that temperatures will approach triple digits.

High pressure building over the Pacific Ocean means there’s a 50-50 chance of daytime highs above 85 degrees starting Tuesday, July 26, according to an online briefing from the National Weather Service in Seattle issued Tuesday, July 19.

“A significant ridge begins to build offshore Sunday and into early next week, a period of temperatures much above normal for much of the Pacific Northwest,” meteorologist Jake DeFlitch said in the online forecast discussion.