Harvey Finally making His Move to the North...

The visible satellite loop clearly shows a well-defined circulation over the NW Gulf with the absence (exposed) of storms around the center.  The heaviest rain shield has now rotated around to the western side, but we are still dealing with bands of heavy squalls pin wheeling into SE LA/MS.   The dry slot on Water Vapor is pushing closer and we could actually see some sunny breaks later this afternoon.  That doesn’t mean we are done with the rain.  We still could see another 1-3” before Harvey hangs up for Good.  Fortunately the overnight and morning rains were in the 1-2” range causing only brief street flooding.  My Harvey storm total has now topped 4” in Metairie and I’m sure other spots closer to the coast have higher amounts.   All the clouds and rain have made us way less hot but there is an end to the darkness in sight.   Wednesday’s shower coverage should be less with Thursday & Friday having only isolated showers around.  We really need several days to dry up and no more tropical systems in the short term.   Way out in the Atlantic, a system coming off of Africa appears likely to develop into a strong hurricane by this weekend.  Early indications have models curving it up the east coast of the U.S. but not into the Gulf.  That is what we need to see.  Stay tuned!