ATL: HARVEY - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[Steve]

I had a feeling I'd wake up to this. Unfortunately TX hurricanes aren't known for weakening before landfall, either.

No they aren't. But with that piece/eddy of the loop current a little offshore, it might peak a hair before landfall in this case.

[tolakram]

[Aric Dunn]

The structure is improving fast ! RI has likely begun and seeing a major by 11 is very possible.

http://tropicalatlantic.com/recon/recon.cgi?basin=al&year=2017&storm=Harvey&mission=13&agency=NOAA&product=radar&ob=2017-08-24-170234-24.509739N-93.246407W-NOAA-2-.kmz

[tatertawt24]

I had a feeling I'd wake up to this. Unfortunately TX hurricanes aren't known for weakening before landfall, either.

No they aren't. But with that piece/eddy of the loop current a little offshore, it might peak a hair before landfall in this case.

Which might slightly help keep the really intense winds from translating to the surface, but it probably wouldn't make too much of a difference in the grand scheme of things.

[Hurricane Andrew]

This is now forecast to be a major hurricane landfall. Please, as someone with training in disaster response and emergency services, I urge everyone in the path of this thing to take no chances. No that local fire, EMS, and police units will be rapidly overwhelmed in the core impact zones, with some rendered completely incapable of response. Hurricane-force winds are not kind to big, boxy vehicles like ambulances or fire trucks. Please do not use candles if you can avoid it, even if your power goes out. The fire threat is simply too high, and with hurricane winds blowing around, it will spread in record time.

Evacuate if you can, make all necessary preparations NOW if you can't. Stay safe, please.

[ROCK]

watching the wobbles now...don't want any right wobbles and let it go in least populated...

[jaguars_22]

Rock you think Victoria is going to get rocked or you think it will go little north??

[MGC]

Reached 80mph a good 6 hours before forecast. Still heading NNW, Looking better on sat too.....MGC

[Blown Away]

000
WTNT64 KNHC 241657
TCUAT4

Hurricane Harvey Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092017
1200 PM CDT Thu Aug 24 2017

...HARVEY STRENGTHENS TO A HURRICANE WITH 80-MPH WINDS...

Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate
that Harvey has intensified to a hurricane, with maximum sustained
winds of 80 mph (130 km/h).

A Special Advisory will be issued by 1 PM CDT (1800 UTC) in lieu
of the intermediate advisory to update the intensity forecast.

SUMMARY OF 1200 PM CDT...1700 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...24.3N 93.5W
ABOUT 340 MI...550 KM SE OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
ABOUT 335 MI...540 KM SSE OF PORT OCONNOR TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 335 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...981 MB...28.97 INCHES

$$
Forecaster Berg/Brennan

[hicksta]

Still NNW.... Not good for the Houston area..

[meriland29]

How is it that no news station is picking up on this, okay, given it was just recently updated, but it has been clear that Harvey was a impending threat of some sort.

[shah83]

Hey GCANE, how's the potential fetch into Pacific going?

[1900hurricane]

Swiping this from Superstorm93 over on AmericanWeather:

[Tireman4]

How is it that no news station is picking up on this, okay, given it was just recently updated, but it has been clear that Harvey was a impending threat of some sort.

Where are you? In Houston, they are all over it....

[Aric Dunn]

Swiping this from Superstorm93 over on AmericanWeather:

here is the direct link

http://tropicalatlantic.com/recon/recon ... r&latest=1

[ROCK]

https://www.sfwmd.gov/weather-radar/hur ... odel-plots

NNW? lets not keep that up..pump up that ridge..

[JaxGator]

Recon's recent pass now shows a hurricane. The winds are starting to respond to the pressure drop. I bet the guys and gals at Air Force BMT will have a story to tell as Lackland AFB San-Antonio will be close enough to Harvey to bring heavy rains and winds of TS force. There brothers and sisters in arms who are the Air Force Hurricane Hunters are serving their country well. Them and NOAA.

[wkwally]

I am prepped and ready here in Houston. Mostly concerned about the flooding here and getting to my patient across town.

[WeatherGuesser]

...HARVEY STRENGTHENS TO A HURRICANE WITH 80-MPH WINDS...

Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate
that Harvey has intensified to a hurricane, with maximum sustained
winds of 80 mph (130 km/h).

A Special Advisory will be issued by 1 PM CDT (1800 UTC) in lieu
of the intermediate advisory to update the intensity forecast.

[weathernerdguy]

This system honestly scares me