ATL: HARVEY - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[jaguars_22]

I believe our shed just went heard a noise no one wants to hear. Shattering

[Javlin]

The eye is nice once in the middle been there done that in Elena and Georges with Harvey's slower speed maybe the other side will not be that bad in Elena it was worst.God I feel for these people this is punishing what I saw ion Georges was 105mph not a Cat4

[WilmingtonSandbar]

Does someone have an updated link for Jeff?

[CrazyC83]

Considering what Rockport has been through, they still have the whole back eyewall left. Recon reports suggest that area has category 3 winds associated with it - imagine going through a cat 3 right after being devastated by a cat 4? That's what they face. They are likely scrambling to get everyone to a super-strong building fast.

[jdjaguar]

We're going to be reading about this for a long time. Hurricane Harvey is already a legendary storm.

As is, the blue shed.

[ronjon]

The eye has a weird shape on radar, with little vortices in four quadrants. Any idea if that means it’s weakening or not really? It still looks good on IR but has signs of cloud tops warming now.

The hurricane expert, Rick Knabb, on TWC said those ragged apertures on the eyewall are mesovortices rotating within the larger circulation.

[CryHavoc]

The eye has a weird shape on radar, with little vortices in four quadrants. Any idea if that means it’s weakening or not really? It still looks good on IR but has signs of cloud tops warming now.

Polygonal eyewalls aren't that uncommon. You know the Isabel pictures with the weird pentagon shapes in the eye? It's similar to that.

They seem more pronounced on radar than ever though, I’m wondering if it is maintaining strength or starting to wind down?

It has to start weakening once the eye is over land. Friction is a real thing and it will drag even the strongest storms down. Given how much it was intensifying we're probably seeing the latent effects of a hurricane maxing out, but now it should be starting to erode.

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any second now.

[sponger]

It is safe to say Rockport is heavily damaged. May see Andrew Esque levels of destruction there.

[storm_in_a_teacup]

 https://twitter.com/wxdam/status/901288519687188480

Eww...that looks...really creepy. Like some weird sea cucumber's mouth.

[CrazyC83]

We're going to be reading about this for a long time. Hurricane Harvey is already a legendary storm.

As is, the blue shed.

It still needs to survive the second half of the storm.

[RL3AO]

Very likely seeing the more significant US storm of the 2010s. Quite something to see it unfold with modern streaming.

[ROCK]

I am taking a beating in this rain band..gusting to 40mph..or more idk buy my fence just crated

[tatertawt24]

Polygonal eyewalls aren't that uncommon. You know the Isabel pictures with the weird pentagon shapes in the eye? It's similar to that.

They seem more pronounced on radar than ever though, I’m wondering if it is maintaining strength or starting to wind down?

It has to start weakening once the eye is over land. Friction is a real thing and it will drag even the strongest storms down. Given how much it was intensifying we're probably seeing the latent effects of a hurricane maxing out, but now it should be starting to erode.

...

any second now.

I believe Andrew strengthened for a little while after landfall, but I'd imagine the terrain is a LOT different from the marshiness of Florida.

[CrazyC83]

Very likely seeing the more significant US storm of the 2010s. Quite something to see it unfold with modern streaming.

Definitely. This is the Charley of this decade.

[MrStormX]

Any reports of storm surge coming in yet?

[Aric Dunn]

bayside and estes have been getting pounded longer than rockport now.. goingto be widespread wind damage in many areas.

[AutoPenalti]

 https://twitter.com/wxdam/status/901288519687188480

Eww...that looks...really creepy. Like some weird sea cucumber's mouth.

Looks like a fidget spinner.


what have I done.

[northjaxpro]

I mentioned earlier this evening that Harvey may make landfall which it barely has, but it is absolutely moving at a crawl. I don't see Harvey getting inland very far and it's just going to agitate to the massive flooding that's going to be happening all across that area for days to come. I don't see much weakening in the immediate short-term. There may be some pressure rises in the next couple of hours but for the most part strong winds of Category 2 to 3 will continue for hours . Just a nightmare situation right now. My heart and prayers go out to everyone there in that area. I'm just after witnessing these guys and the live feed, I don't know how they got out of that alive. I mentioned that in my previous post it was the craziest , most riveting live feed of watching weather I have ever seen. Man, those guys are still alive. I don"t how after watching all that debris flying all around them. God bless them!!!!!!

[ROCK]

It is safe to say Rockport is heavily damaged. May see Andrew Esque levels of destruction there.

Rockport just went the way of Indiaola sorry to say. Will never recover

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