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Saturday: Wind chill threat persists; overnight shelter in Bellingham extended

Cold air continues to grip Whatcom County

Snow-covered Canadian mountains are visible beyond downtown Bellingham as clouds cover most of the town.
Snow-covered Canadian mountains are visible beyond downtown Bellingham Friday, Jan. 12, as steam rises from the Puget Sound Energy Ecogen Generating Station. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
By Ralph Schwartz Staff Reporter
Temperatures remained bitterly cold on Saturday morning, Jan. 13, after an arctic front swept through western Whatcom County on Thursday.  The temperature at 8:45 a.m. Saturday at Bellingham International Airport was 9 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. The agency extended its wind chill advisory for the western county to noon Saturday. The wind chill could be as low as 5 below zero through the advisory period. Bellingham’s severe-weather shelter at 810 N. State St.

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