Satellite image of Hurricane Patricia at 0347Z Friday, October 23, 2015 (11:47 pm EDT Thursday).
Posted on 10/23/2015 2:08:35 AM PDT by uglybiker
History is being made tonight in the Northeast Pacific as Hurricane Patricia churns about 200 miles off the coast of Mexico, south-southwest of Manzanillo. With its 11 pm EDT Thursday advisory, the National Hurricane Center upgraded Patricia to Category 5, with top sustained winds of 160 mph and a central pressure of 924 millibars. Hurricane warnings are now in effect for the coast from San Blas to Punta San Telmo, including Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo, with a hurricane watch and tropical storm warning eastward to Lazaro Cardenas. Update: Late Thursday night, an Air Force Hurricane Hunter flight captured some of the most extreme observations ever recorded in 70 years of reconnaissance activity. Based on flight-level winds of 179 knots (206 mph), NHC upgraded Patricia's strength at 12:30 am EDT Friday to 185 mph. The estimated surface pressure of 892 mb is the lowest on record for the Northeast Pacific, and it ranks #3 for the entire Western Hemisphere behind only Wilma (882 mb, on October 19, 2005) and Gilbert (888 mb, on September 13, 1988). A surface reading of 892 mb was recorded at Key West during the Labor Day hurricane (September 2, 1935).
Satellite image of Hurricane Patricia at 0347Z Friday, October 23, 2015 (11:47 pm EDT Thursday).
Visible satellite image of Hurricane Patricia close to nightfall, at 2345Z (7:45 pm EDT) Thursday, October 22. 2015. Image credit: NOAA and CIMMS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin.
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Prayers to all in her way. Just announced it is the strongest hurricane in the western hemisphere.
We need the rain in Oklahoma to make a dent in the drought.
Kind of has an upside down sombrero shape to it.
http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Hurricane/Active.aspx?storm=2&type=track
Indicates sustained wind of 200mph and
gusts to 245mph
No building is designed to withstand a gust of 245mph.
It is God’s way of ridding the ecosystem of excess heat. There is a good El Nino in them thair waters, and it’s just doing what comes naturally. Problem is, it could be a killer..
I sincerely hope that Mexico's disaster services are entirely on the ball and are nearly finished evacuating the (hopefully) sparsely populated area.
There's not going to be a whole lot left standing for those people when they return.
Thanks for the heads up, Jane.
Holy Smokes Batman!!! I am in Mexico now. Fortunately on the other coast, the Mayan Riviera.....
LOL!
Are you kidding? After this thing hits, we’ll have to house millions of more “refugees” on our dime since it looks like this will make Katina a walk in the park.
Speak for yourself. I am living in Quintana Roo!!!
CNN
BIGGEST STORM EVEH!
Gusts to 210.
Massive flooding. Massive mudslides. Could happen.
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Is this proof of El Niño?
THis storm is not headed to the US why is NOAA and the Air Force spending $ to track it ?
Why stop it? Hurricanes are necessary just like wildfires.
The remains of it will be dumping massive amounts of rain over Texas.
I just talked to a friend from Mexico her family and her husbands family both live in the path this storm will take across Mexico. Prayers needed.
Now THIS is a ‘superstorm’.
I looked up what scientists were working on that could stop a hurricane.
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sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads!
Why stop it? Hurricanes are necessary just like wildfires.
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If we had the ability we could stop them when they threaten populated areas, otherwise let them spin away.
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