8/24 – Rob Knight’s “Hurricane Harvey Impact” Forecast

Harvey has intensified quickly this morning, and is now forecast to be a major hurricane at landfall, bringing life-threatening storm surge, rainfall, and wind hazards to portions of the Texas coast. Preparations to protect life and property should be completed by tonight, as tropical-storm-force winds will first arrive in the hurricane and storm surge warning areas on Friday

This storm will impact the Texas coast this week into this weekend…it will also have an impact across much of the southern United States. For today along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, we can expect showers and storms to develop this afternoon as a cold front overhead will go stationary and linger through the weekend. This will serve as a focus for showers/t-storms through the weekend.