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re: Official Harvey Observation Thread

Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:08 pm to
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
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Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:08 pm to
Anyone know the last time central Texas took a hit from a major hurricane?
Posted by TexasTiger
Katy TX
Member since Sep 2003
5324 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:08 pm to


So now are models almost split on the direction this thing is going to go?

Any real hope that it doesn't loop around and come back Houston?
This post was edited on 8/25/17 at 8:10 pm
Posted by zmonsoon
"The LP"
Member since Nov 2007
857 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:08 pm to
Simply heartbreaking. Very helpless feeling & I can certainly empathize. Lost so much in the August flood & still fighting back to "normal" a year later.

Just keep looking at that gorgeous picture of your view from your place. Anything can be rebuilt. Glad you made the right call to get out. Good luck going forward
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
62908 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:11 pm to
Wow, that is a big change from earlier today even, right? That looks great for Houston and LA, and not great for central TX.
Posted by LSU9102
West of the Mississippi
Member since Mar 2007
2474 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:12 pm to
quote:

Anyone know the last time central Texas took a hit from a major hurricane?


Carla, 1961
Posted by rds dc
Member since Jun 2008
19809 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:13 pm to
quote:

The hrrr is kinda bad though. I've gotten to the point where I only look at it when absolutely nothing else has a handle on convection


It has done well at times here in Texas but it bust badly often. Kind of the story with CAMs but a stationary band setting up over an area is certainly possible. Just have to wait and see.
Posted by baytiger
Boston
Member since Dec 2007
46978 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:16 pm to
Be careful with those spaghetti plots though. They give equal weight to all the models and many of them do not deserve that weight.

I've got an early shift again tomorrow, so I'm out for the night. Good luck to all those in the path and your friends and family members as well. I've got several in Houston that I've been keeping tabs on and I'll check with them tomorrow as well.
Posted by baytiger
Boston
Member since Dec 2007
46978 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:17 pm to
Used to use it religiously in my convective initiation routine but just got burned so often that it feels like a waste of time to include it.
Posted by LesGeaux45
Member since Nov 2009
9232 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:18 pm to
quote:

Any real hope that it doesn't loop around and come back Houston?


That looks super frickin promising. First time I've seen models showing it going the other way.

In Humble. Been fairly dry today but bracing for a rough weekend.
This post was edited on 8/25/17 at 8:19 pm
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98178 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:18 pm to
Pat Shingleton called it yesterday. GOAT
Posted by LesGeaux45
Member since Nov 2009
9232 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:19 pm to
Pat had it going to West / Central Texas?
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45802 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:20 pm to
So we are probably dealing with a bunch of older structures not up to current building codes. I bet a lot of those structures close to the water are not high enough. God bless anyone that stayed along the coast. Katrina has a storm surge that went for miles...
Posted by tylercsbn9
Cypress, TX
Member since Feb 2004
65876 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:20 pm to
quote:

Wow, that is a big change from earlier today even, right? That looks great for Houston and LA, and not great for central TX


Eric Berger just mentioned this in his update. Certainly seems a little more promising for the tine.

quote:

Weather model data today has indicated that Harvey will stick around (though not in its current form) perhaps for the better part of a week, delivering periods of rain to the Houston area. It won’t rain the whole time, and we may even see sunshine from time to time throughout this event. But you’ll need to be prepared to deal with travel disruption, inconvenience, changing forecasts, and perhaps cabin fever in some cases. As said above, a marathon, not a sprint, and unfortunately we all have to participate. Will there be a Harvey reborn Act II? Doubtful. Weather models have pulled back on the awful scenario depicted a couple times in recent days with Harvey hanging offshore as a hurricane or strong tropical storm. That would just compound an already terrible situation. We’ll continue to watch, but that’s not at the top of the list of concerns at the moment. Flooding and heavy rainfall tops the list.
This post was edited on 8/25/17 at 8:24 pm
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98178 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:21 pm to
quote:

Pat had it going to West / Central Texas?


Yes. People were bitching about it, but he nailed it.
Posted by tylercsbn9
Cypress, TX
Member since Feb 2004
65876 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:21 pm to
quote:

In Cypress. We took 15 inches last time and was dry. Crossing my fingers. Sunday and Monday will be rough


Same

Couple of homes flooded in my hood for tax day

Live off meuschke
Posted by Duke
Twin Lakes, CO
Member since Jan 2008
35610 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:21 pm to


TxWadingFool,

At the current heading, Rockport will miss all that wind coming out of the south. That should lower the surge totals for you as compared to locations a little farther north.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
84778 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:21 pm to
quote:

Any real hope that it doesn't loop around and come back Houston?



GFS suggesting it gets buried in central/west Texas and never does anything but rain and rain and rain.
Posted by t00f
Not where you think I am
Member since Jul 2016
89788 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:22 pm to
Huge if true
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
62908 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:22 pm to
That would be excellent
Posted by TexasTiger
Katy TX
Member since Sep 2003
5324 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:23 pm to
The main weather guy on channel 2 in Houston runs his own model and his model has been showing it going into west Texas as well.

He shows the euro model the America model than his model.
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