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Hurricane Patricia 'Potentially Catastrophic' as it Heads to Mexico

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Fri, 2015-10-23 00:52 — Kathy Gilbeaux

            

Hurricane Patricia packed maximum sustained winds of 160 mph late Saturday, a Category 5 hurricane

cnn.com - by Catherine E. Shoichet and Ben Brumfield - October 22, 2015 - 11:37 PM ET

(CNN) Hurricane Patricia, churning toward southwestern Mexico, is a "potentially catastrophic hurricane," forecasters said after the storm increased in strength to Category 5.

"Satellite images indicate that maximum sustained winds have increased to near 160 mph (260 kph) with higher gusts," the National Hurricane Center said Thursday night.

Though it is expected to weaken Friday, it should make landfall on the Pacific coast near Punta San Telmo late in the day as an extremely dangerous storm.

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Fri, 2015-10-23 03:14 — Kathy Gilbeaux

weather.com - October 23, 2015

Hurricane Patricia became the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Pacific Ocean Thursday night less than 200 miles from the coast of Mexico. . . .

. . . The National Hurricane Center released a special advisory at 10:30 p.m. PDT Thursday saying Patricia's central pressure had dropped to 892 millibars (26.34 inches of mercury), making it by far the lowest pressure ever measured in a Pacific hurricane. NHC estimated Patricia's maximum sustained winds at 185 mph (295 kph), well above the 157-mph minimum threshold required to make it a Category 5 hurricane.

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Fri, 2015-10-23 03:37 — Kathy Gilbeaux

nhc.noaa.gov

CLICK HERE - National Hurricane Center - Advisories for the Eastern Pacific on Hurricane Patricia

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