After inundating Texas and Louisiana for days, Harvey will race across the Ohio Valley and northeastern United States with rain during part of the Labor Day weekend.
While Harvey is not expected to bring widespread flooding, or flooding anywhere close to the disaster in Texas, enough rain is likely to fall to bring urban and isolated flash flooding to some states farther north.
“Harvey will drift inland for the last time on Wednesday, near the Louisiana/Texas border and begin to accelerate northeastward across the interior U.S. late this week,” according to AccuWeather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski.
This increase in forward speed will prevent Harvey from repeating the feet of rain which has fallen near the Gulf coast.
Harvey will transition from a tropical storm to a tropical depression then a tropical rainstorm.
“Since Harvey will remain an efficient producer of rain, a general 2-4 inches is likely to fall near and just north of its path,” Kottlowski said.
Some places will get a little more. The heaviest rain from Thursday to Friday is likely to track within 100 miles or so of the lower Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
Much of the rain from Harvey may pass south of Chicago and Detroit.
A slight north or south shift in track will affect the corridor of heaviest rain. Southeast of the track of the center of the storm, locally severe thunderstorms are possible with strong wind gusts and flash flooding.
During Saturday into Sunday, Harvey may blend with a non-tropical storm and rainfall may become more spread out as it reaches the Northeast.
A general 1-2 inches of rain is likely with locally higher amounts in the Northeast. On occasion, old tropical systems can pulse and cause much heavier rain to erupt in a small area well inland from the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean. This risk is greatest in hilly terrain, such as the Appalachians.
In addition to the risk of isolated urban and flash flooding, fans heading to high school and college football games on Friday and Saturday should check their local forecast and dress accordingly. The use of umbrellas may not be allowed in some stadiums.
The wet conditions on the road may slow highway travel, especially for those heading out for a getaway during the Labor Day weekend.
Ay oh……
Way to go Ohio.
Du da da dahhh.
The Pretenders.
Somebody’s having to much fun keeping this weather system alive, and it certainly does appear to have life.
Hang ’em all high!
I don’t know about anybody else but I am eagerly awaiting Al Gore’s announcement that the flooding in Texas was caused by climate change and that we all need to start paying carbon taxes because of global warming.
yeah, the climate sure did change. It went from sunny to windy and rainy.
Polar bears were flying through the air, millions of species of life just disappeared and the Yeti’s had come down from the mountains to scavenge amongst the wreckage. Noah was spotted steering a fishing trawler and the Four Horsemen were seen riding around on Ski-Doos.
The only way to stop it is to pay some tax!
Al Gore is too busy chasing little boys around the house while his wife is away at her yoga class doin the instructor. When this assclown gets bored reading his newest issue of pedophilia weekly, he will come up for air and book a spot on Fox News, and start shooting off his pie hole.
Global warming has made this waste of oxygen hundreds of millions of dollars, he’s in no big hurry.
Good morning Mark…
But I have to give you an early mindfk
How dare you speak against the environmental saviour.
Al whore.
Morning flee!
Mark,
I see see how (on your current run) you’re going to be able to avoid driving through this. Stay Safe.
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