    Sentence 1: Downstream at ° Mount.  Vernon the “Skagit River was expected  to crest at 36 feet--~ 8 feet above  flood stage ~~ tonight , Burke said .    Sentence 2: The Skagit was’ expected  to crest. during the night at 38 feet: ot  Mount Vernon, 10 feet. above. flood  stage , the. Notional. Weather Service  said .