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Rain possible here on Thanksgiving, but at least we're not Seattle
Published: 11/20/2012 5:20 PM
Last Modified: 11/20/2012 5:20 PM

High water flowing from the storm drains at S. 26th and Pacific Ave. blows off a locking utility cover, forcing the closure of Pacific Ave. Monday afternoon Nov. 19, 2012. Residents in Washington state and Oregon are braced for more of the same Tuesday after a fierce storm that swamped streets, toppled trees and large trucks and cut power to nearly 50,000 residents. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Peter Haley)

High winds whip surf and spray at Boiler Bay State Scenic Viewpoint, north of Depot Bay, Ore., Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Residents in Washington and Oregon are bracing for expected river flooding after heavy rain and winds that caused sporadic road closures, power outages and at least one death. The wet weather is expected to continue throughout the week, after hurricane-strength winds battered both states along the coast. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Brent Wojahn)

Millions will pack into planes, trains and automobiles this week on their way to grandma’s house, but Mother Nature could blow apart this cliché-ridden scenario for those in the Pacific Northwest.

A gigantic storm system hit Washington and Oregon Monday and today, with more impacts expected tomorrow. And, another system is expected there this weekend.

And these weren’t just little ho hum storm systems either, oh no. Things got real up there. Here are some numbers:

Wind gust of 114 mph in Naselle Ridge, Wash. Sustained winds reached 77 mph.

Places along the coast of Washington and Oregon had gusts between 60 and 80 mph.

Brookings, Ore., received 7.5 inches of rain in the 24 hours period from 10 a.m. Monday

A record 2.13 inches of rain was recorded at Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle, causing urban flooding.

There is 29 inches of snow on Mt. Rainier in Washington, with 37 to 57 more inches possible.

The storms will be a nightmare for Thanksgiving travel in the region, even though the storm will be out of the region by Thursday.

And then we'll have a chance! The system will be nowhere near as drastic as it is in the northwest right now, but we will have a chance of thunderstorms Thanksgiving Day and night, with up to a half inch of rain possible. That shouldn’t affect travel too much, however.

But on either side of Thanksgiving for us, the weather is beautiful. Tomorrow looks great. Friday looks a little chilly, but great. It will likely be in the 40s when those crazy folks are camped at Best Buy.

I said in the title that at least we aren't Seattle, but I don't mean that. As drastically dry as it is, I wish they would stop hogging all of that rain. Though we'll take what we can get, it will take a lot to get us back to normal.

--Jerry Wofford

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Date	High Temp	Low Temp	Total	Month to date	Historical average
1	44°	16°	0	0.00	0.05
2	59°	24°	0	0.00	0.11
3	57°	33°	0	0.00	0.16
4	68°	37°	Trace	0.00	0.21
5	69°	29°	0	0.00	0.26
6	66°	33°	0	0.00	0.32
7	59°	38°	0.05	0.05	0.38
8	51°	34°	0	0.05	0.44
9	44°	36°	0.01	0.06	0.51
10	62°	37°	0.07	0.13	0.57
11	54°	28°	0	0.13	0.64
12	44°	30°	0.25	0.38	0.70
13	55°	40°	0.01	0.39	0.76
14	°	°			0.83
15	°	°			0.89
16	°	°			0.95
17	°	°			1.02
18	°	°			1.09
19	°	°			1.16
20	°	°			1.23
21	°	°			1.31
22	°	°			1.38
23	°	°			1.46
24	°	°			1.53
25	°	°			1.61
26	°	°			1.69
27	°	°			1.77
28	°	°			1.85

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Tulsa weather milestones of 2013 (as of Feb. 12)

Highest temperature: 70 on Jan. 11 (Record: 115 on Aug. 15, 1936)
Lowest temperature: 15 on Jan. 16 (Record: Minus-16 on Jan. 22, 1930)
Hottest month (average): 40.5 degrees in January (Record: 91.7 degrees on July 1980)
Coldest month (average): 40. 5 degrees in January (Record: 21.7 in January 1918)
Most snowfall (day): 0.1 of an inch on Feb. 12(Record: 13.2 inches on Feb. 1, 2011)
Most snowfall (month): 0.1 of an inch in February(Record: 22.5 inches in February 2011)
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Most rainfall (month): 1.54 of an inch in January (Record: 18.18 inches on September 1971)
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Staff Writer Althea Peterson started writing for the Tulsa World in March 2007 after previous stops at the Norman Transcript in 2006 and the Oklahoma Gazette in 2005. She followed her older brother from rural Wisconsin (with a public school that never seemed to call snow days) to the University of Oklahoma, but did not follow his pursuit to study meteorology. However, she tries to find as many opportunities to report on the weather as possible.

Staff Writer Jerry Wofford came to the Tulsa World in 2010 from The Manhattan Mercury in Manhattan, Kan. Originally from western Arkansas and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Jerry has lived in Tornado Alley his entire life and is one of those people who goes outside when the sirens go off.

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