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| Tropical Storm Harvey showing signs of strengthening fast southeast of Texas this morning. |
Harvey is a particularly dangerous storm. For one, it has the potentially to strengthen explosively before landfall because conditions are right for that kind of thing to happen.
Even worse, Harvey is forecast to slow down or even stall somewhere near the coast of Texas, setting up a prolonged downpour that could bring incredible flooding. Already, some forecasts call for 15 to 20 inches of rain.
If this happens, it could easily turn into a major disaster. Think Baton Rouge last August.
Tropical Storm Harvey briefly formed in the Caribbean last week and promptly died out. Its remnants found favorable conditions for redevelopment in the western Gulf of Mexico and now you have the situation we've got here.
Harvey is expected to make landfall somewhere along the central Texas coast kind of near Corpus Christi Friday night or Saturday morning.
The Texas coast is flat and low lying, so the storm surge that will accompany Harvey will probably be terribly destructive.
Once Harvey gets to the coast, or just inland, it could get trapped between two ridges of high pressure. So there it would sit, all the while dumping heavy rain. The torrential rain could spread inland to Austin or San Antonio, and also northeastward to Louisiana.
Stay tuned on this one. It's going to be a wild one
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