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