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It being a cat 4 hurricane was bad enough, but the flooding is largely being caused by the two high pressure systems on either side of Harvey [0][1]. Storms nor
by sndean 9y ago
It being a cat 4 hurricane was bad enough, but the flooding is largely being caused by the two high pressure systems on either side of Harvey [0][1]. Storms normally aren't held in place for a week straight.
So it may be more important to try to understand whether there'll be more storms + surrounding high pressure systems
[0] https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/harvey-stall-22aug17.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0 https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/harvey-stall-22aug17.j...
[1] https://www.wunderground.com/news/tropical-storm-hurricane-harvey-gulf-of-mexico-forecast https://www.wunderground.com/news/tropical-storm-hurricane-h...