Harvey stormed Texas nightmare because it stuck between two blocks of gas

Detained in the Texas coast due to being stuck between two high-pressure blocks, Hurricane Harvey poured heavy rain into Texas.

The city of Houston, Texas, USA is suffering catastrophic flooding when tropical storm Harvey continues to cause heavy rain with an estimated rainfall of 40-65cm in the next few days, Gizmodo said on August 28.

Tropical storms are energized by the ocean's warm and moist air zones, which tend to dissipate rapidly when landed on land due to exposure to colder and drier air masses. Harvey, despite being weakened against the strong level 4 at the time of the Texas landing on August 25, was particularly dangerous because it was transferring heavy rainfall from the sea to the mainland.

The two high-pressure blocks around made Harvey imprisoned in the Texas coast.(Photo: Weather.gov/NewOrlean).

"Almost no system of storms that has just moved slowly maintains the minimum strength at tropical storms along the Texas coast for five days," wrote meteorologists Jeff Masters and Bob Henson of the United States. on climate science blogs and weather.

According to Phil Klotzbach, an atmospheric scientist and tropical storm expert at Colorado State University, Hurricane Harvey is caught between two higher pressure areas , one in the west and one in the southeast. "The combination of these two pressure blocks caused Harvey to be buried in the area , " Klotzbach said.

Tropical storms that stand still due to dominant air masses are not unusual. However, this feature incorporates other factors that make Harvey storm a nightmare."This storm used to be level 4, very close to the coastline while high pressure blocks are likely to continue to exist , " Henson said. " It means that the hurricane Harvey could be stuck on the Texas coast for many days."

Being close enough to the Gulf of Mexico could be the cause of Hurricane Harvey's strength to rise rapidly over the weekend thanks to an endless supply of energy and moisture. According to some weather forecast models, Hurricane Harvey could turn to the sea in the next few days to recharge before landing again on land.