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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHoly Shit Hurricane Patricia is now 200mph with the lowest
pressure ever recorded 880 - this is the strongest hurricane ever recorded.
Good luck Mexico. Get out of the way people and take your pets.
madokie
(51,076 posts)We just got an inch of rain last night. We sure needed it
malaise
(267,823 posts)Nothing will survive that
Lochloosa
(16,019 posts)phantom power
(25,966 posts)holy holy hell
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Holy hell, that is horrible.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)anemometer off the building at Homestead AFB...
Anyone in the path of this storm should FLEE QUICKLY! I speak from experience. I rode Andrew out in a motel room a mile from my home, right in the middle of "ground zero". Winds ripped half the motel roof off, and I had to dig my family out from under debris where the ceiling and drywall from inner walls fell in on them. Lucky that we all survived.
Peace,
Ghost
malaise
(267,823 posts)Lucky ideed
Lochloosa
(16,019 posts)It actually increased it's wind speed after landfall.
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)Homestead. She was hunkered down in a powder room with her husband and two toddlers. They lost everything and my friend lost her mind for awhile. It was horrific. I was in Miami at the time and that was bad enough.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)that losing your mind in the wake of the aftermath is nothing uncommon. My God it is horrific.
I don't even know what to tell those poor people. This thing is huge, fast and ugly.
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)divorced her husband, started drinking, blew off all of her old friends, took up with bad elements, and almost lost her girls. I'm happy to say at some point she got better. I found her on Facebook but decided not to contact her and possibly open old wounds.
As you said, it was horrific. Cutler Ridge was levelled. We had friends that had moved from there just months before.
I feel horrible for the people in Patricia's path.
MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)During Andrew...it was scary as hell where I was, can't imagine being in the middle of it.
Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)Alabama Jack's and Fred's Place on Card Sound road, but mostly Skeeter's Last Chance Saloon on US 1 just before the turn to Card Sound.
I remember back in the mid 80's.. 85 or 86.... driving out to the "Tiltin' Hilton" one Sunday at about 11:30 AM when I saw a crate on the side of the road. I was going to stop and check it out, but was driving a '73 Camaro and it looked too big to fit in the trunk or inside the car. A couple of hours later, on my way home, I came up to where the crate was and it was surrounded by cops, Feds & DEA. It was FULL of kilos of cocaine!! Must have bounced out of a boat or something. I kicked myself in the ass for not stopping on the way, but was also kind of thankful that I didn't. I could have made millions, or I could have ended up in prison...
Peace,
Ghost
MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)But I've never ventured into Skeeter's, lol.
I remember some of the old timers talking about the glory days and the square groupers were everywhere.
Flying Squirrel
(3,041 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)It was terrifying as hell, and the cleanup was unbelievable.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Even a good distance from ground zero up in NW Miami-Dade it was scary.
Those poor people in the path of this one are seriously fucked.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)I pass
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KansDem
(28,498 posts)400km/h = 250 miles an hour?
snooper2
(30,151 posts)just like converting a GaGa song to something good
leveymg
(36,418 posts)PatrickforO
(14,516 posts)250 mph on a bike. No way. Hit a pothole and you are toast.
ret5hd
(20,435 posts)narnian60
(3,510 posts)Can't even imagine 200 mph winds.
safeinOhio
(32,531 posts)newfie11
(8,159 posts)malaise
(267,823 posts)Last edited Fri Oct 23, 2015, 08:12 AM - Edit history (1)
get hit, you'll be changing your venue. Which building can handle 200 - 245mph wind?
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)Good luck, Mexico.
malaise
(267,823 posts)This is going to be catastrophic
Here she is from space thanks to Scott Kelly
http://wgntv.com/2015/10/23/incredible-photo-of-hurricane-patricia-taken-from-international-space-station/
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)newfie11
(8,159 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,764 posts)we surely need it.
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,764 posts)You don't think I know that ?? and still our DROUGHT goes on. Thank you climate change!!!
MelungeonWoman
(502 posts)By Monday parts of Texas will see a foot to a foot and a half of rain. Not sure where you are but stay safe.
malaise
(267,823 posts)Texas is already under water.
yuiyoshida
(41,764 posts)The state that has NO WATER....
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)so they tell us.
yuiyoshida
(41,764 posts)Stuart G
(38,365 posts)At least that is a system to warn people. Let us hope for the best..please..
B Calm
(28,762 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,154 posts)The hurricane is forecast to make landfall in the Mexican state of Jalisco Friday evening as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane capable of causing widespread destruction. Residents and authorities in Mexico are rushing to prepare for what will likely be the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall on that country's Pacific coastline.
At 4 a.m. CDT, the eye of Hurricane Patricia was about 160 miles (255 kilometers) south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, and was moving north-northwest at 12 mph (19 kph).
In addition to its unprecedented 200-mph (320-kph) sustained winds, Hurricane Patricia now holds the record for lowest pressure in any hurricane on record. With a minimum central pressure of 880 millibars (25.99 inches of mercury) at the 4 a.m. CDT advisory, Patricia broke the record of 882 millibars set by Wilma almost exactly 10 years ago.
http://www.wunderground.com/news/hurricane-patricia-mexico-coast
malaise
(267,823 posts)to be a Cat3 - blew up yesterday to Cat4 - no one expected this.
malaise
(267,823 posts)This is going to be HUGE!
LuvNewcastle
(16,820 posts)I would probably leave if the winds were only half as strong as this one. Our local weatherman said last night that it's supposed to lose strength drastically when it hits the mountains. I hope he's right.
brer cat
(24,402 posts)have a safe area for evacuation. This one is going to be deadly.
ReasonableToo
(505 posts)An F2 Tornado
-Have wind speeds between 113-157 mph
-Causes considerable damage.
-Roofs gets torned off. Big trees get toppled. Mobile homes are destroyed. Heavy cars are lifted and thrown.
An F3 Tornado
-Have wind speeds between 158206 mph
-Causes Severe Damage.
-Roofs torned off even on the most well constructed structures. Trains are overturned.
An F4 Tornado
-Have wind speeds between 207-260 mph
-Causes Catostrophic Damage
-Well constructed structures are leveled. Structures with weak foundations are blown away.
Yikes!!
malaise
(267,823 posts)I'm trying to imagine a single Caribbean island dealing with this one day in the not too distant future.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)may everyone be safe
BadgerKid
(4,541 posts)malaise
(267,823 posts)hit the Philippines and killed over 6,000 people a few years ago.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)It looks like there's another one right behind Patricia, with an eye.
malaise
(267,823 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)It looks like that one ultimately may not be a threat. Thank goodness.
meow2u3
(24,745 posts)Patricia is off the charts! There ought to be new categories of hurricanes, and she must be a category 8!
malaise
(267,823 posts)BULLETIN
HURRICANE PATRICIA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 14A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP202015
700 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2015
...PATRICIA...
...THE STRONGEST EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC HURRICANE ON RECORD...
...HEADING FOR POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC LANDFALL IN SOUTHWESTERN
MEXICO LATER TODAY...
SUMMARY OF 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...17.3N 105.6W
ABOUT 145 MI...235 KM SW OF MANZANILLO MEXICO
ABOUT 215 MI...345 KM S OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...200 MPH...325 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 345 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...880 MB...25.99 INCHES
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...
* San Blas to Punta San Telmo
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...
* East of Punta San Telmo to Lazaro Cardenas
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* East of Punta San Telmo to Lazaro Cardenas
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
------------------------------
At 700 AM CDT (1200 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Patricia was
located near latitude 17.3 North, longitude 105.6 West. Patricia
is moving toward the north-northwest near 12 mph (19 km/h). A turn
toward the north is expected later this morning, followed by a turn
toward the north-northeast this afternoon. On the forecast track,
the core of Patricia will make landfall in the hurricane warning
area this afternoon or evening.
Maximum sustained winds remain near 200 mph (325 km/h) with higher
gusts. Patricia is a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
Hurricane Wind Scale. Some fluctuations in intensity are possible
today, but Patricia is expected to remain an extremely dangerous
category 5 hurricane through landfall.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 30 miles (45 km) from the
center and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 175 miles
(280 km).
The estimated minimum central pressure is 880 mb (25.99 inches).
-----------------------
Get out of harm's way
MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)Much, much worse.
malaise
(267,823 posts)which killed over 6,000 in the Philippines a few years ago
MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)and it was the most horrifying thing I've ever experienced.
I hope the people in the path of this one are able to get the hell out of there.
malaise
(267,823 posts)and I saw the devastation from Andrew first hand. This is way worse than both.
MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)are able to knock it back several notches.
malaise
(267,823 posts)Damn
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I don't think this is going to be one of those storms where you can just hunker down and bear it. I think is going to destroy everything and everyone in its path.
MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)200 mph winds with 40 ft. waves. Nothing will be spared.
malaise
(267,823 posts)In fact some roads are closed already.
Maybe I'm obsessed with hurricanes but from I hear Cat 3, I'd be on the first aircraft out.
Sadly no one anticipated this reaching Cat 5 overnight.
Additionally I find tourist resorts often wait for the last minute and tourists don't watch weather forecasts.
Local folks are busy working and people often hear late.
I hope they find some of the drug cartels' tunnels.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Even if they find those tunnels, there is a high likelihood they they will flood due to the storm surge. I hope for the best for them.
rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)Last edited Sat Oct 24, 2015, 06:01 AM - Edit history (1)
I can imagine it just fine.
Not good but not so different from many other big cyclones.
ETA: lol it petered out a few hours after hitting the coast. But yeah HUUUUUGE and THE WORDT EVAH!
BumRushDaShow
(127,312 posts)it's like the power of a F3 tornado over a much larger area than a tornado (in this case, hurricane-force winds extend 30 miles as of the 8 am update) along with copious rains. And I do hope the mountains of Mexico do shred it apart once it comes inland. The NWS anticipated that we along the east coast will get some rains from it (probably funneled along a front), some time around the middle of next week.
malaise
(267,823 posts)Will be the third strongest storm ever seen on the planet. This could be the first such storm ever to make landfall at 200 -205mph.
BumRushDaShow
(127,312 posts)We stayed at the El Presidente (that I just discovered was one of the early luxury hotels back in the '50s before most of the rest of the hotels were built along the bay) and it was built on the rocks.
We watched the wave swells come in well before the hurricane made landfall (which happened overnight) and they had reached the pool in the above pic during the day (wasn't able to see when landfall came). The next morning, there were dozens of ships that had pulled into the bay for protection and the street that the hotel fronts, was flooded. What was wild was that a day or two before we went to Acapulco, we were in Mexico City - WELL inland and north, and experienced unusual winds at the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon. The guide remarked about it because it is usually calm there (altitude there is about 7000 ft). We didn't know there was a tropical storm/hurricane forming out in the Pacific!
If you have almost 40 ft swells - forget it for anything along the coast all the way back to the hills.
MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)There's going to be nothing left.
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)a kennedy
(29,467 posts)and nothing about the storm....oops, now, finally. What the has happened to the weather channel??? It's like faux noise has taken over the weather channel. Ugh......
malaise
(267,823 posts)Where is Jim Cantore this morning?
Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)I have been through several hurricanes in a cement block house and it was dicey. A storm of this magnitude is deadly, no other word for it. I wish them all the best. And I hope Mexico and other governments has help lined up for after it passes. Lots of people will surely need it.
malaise
(267,823 posts)The problem is time - this sudden change in strength caught everyone off guard.
mountain grammy
(26,571 posts)They so rarely get to the "p's". Guess I'll see a Zelda in my lifetime, and we still have climate change deniers out there?
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)That was the year they used up the entire alphabet on names and started using Alpha, Beta, etc.
The year before was when the path of three hurricanes went right over my house.
mountain grammy
(26,571 posts)and I shouldn't. So many people are in the path of any given storm. It's terrifying and my thoughts are with everyone. Hoping for a quick recovery.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)My thoughts are with them as well.
They will need a lot of help after it passes.
malaise
(267,823 posts)I have a sister with that name as well - we've having fun discussing 'her power and strength' - never heard a hurricane Patricia before
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Take cover, Mexico.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)once, many moons ago.
We had sandbagged all the doors on base and then duck taped all around the windows and doors. Everything loose put away or strapped down.
At the height of the storm the howling wind drove the rain through every little crack and the hallways were soaked with rainwater.
We were locked down for 3 whole days eating MRE's and drinking beer LOL
Hurricanes/typhoons are scary beasts, and 200mph winds...I can't even....
malaise
(267,823 posts)That was a complete disaster and to be truthful I don't think Jamaica ever recovered from Gilbert. We didn't have water or electricity for weeks.
geomon666
(7,512 posts)Living in Perrine at the time. Took about 6 years to get the PTSD under control.
malaise
(267,823 posts)One of my sisters survived Andrew - her place was OK but all around her was destruction,
geomon666
(7,512 posts)I hid in my father's closet the whole night. The sound was just...indescribable.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)I'm scared for all the people in the path of that monster bearing down on Mexico right now.
TBF
(31,922 posts)we are hunkering down in Texas just anticipating the rain from this event west of us ... flash flood warnings throughout the weekend
countryjake
(8,554 posts)http://www.weather.gov/
It looks like a good chunk of Texas has already been super-soaked, without help from any hurricane.
I can't imagine what's in store for your state, once the massive moisture coming with Hurricane Patricia hits you. They're predicting that some parts of Mexico may get from 12 to 24 inches of rain, today and tomorrow.
Batten down the hatches!
Rex
(65,616 posts)South Texas is going to be floating out to sea. We already had flood warnings before, now it will be worse. Everyone batten down the hatches!
Stay safe everyone, think safety first!
malaise
(267,823 posts)Stay safe
Patricia from space -Scott Kelly
Rex
(65,616 posts)countryjake
(8,554 posts)They're showing more International Space Station pics of Patricia on our local noon news.
And now they're showing all of the flooding overnight in Texas. Jeeze, a mobile home floating down a river, washed away.
I sure hope the warnings about Hurricane Patricia have reached everyone in the remote rural regions along the Pacific coast and inland... all of those directly in the path of such unbelievable forces.
malaise
(267,823 posts)on the coast. This is going to be a disaster.
This morning we were discussing what we'd do if a Cat 5 was heading for Jamaica.
The options were
- prepare our home and head for family in the US
- prepare our home and batten down right here
We decided that as much as we'd rather not be here, having to stay away for a long period of time because both airports would be destroyed was more than we could bare. So we'd stay - we have a safe place but I don't know what survives a Cat5.
countryjake
(8,554 posts)Sitting in a mobile, with any measurable wind, we'd have no chance staying home, and with "thousand year floods" now occurring, bringing more than a foot of rain in less than 12 hrs, even heading for the hills is no longer an option as the mountains crumble into mud under that much water.
I used to count myself lucky cause we don't live in a place under threat of hurricanes or tornadoes, but with the drought this "evergreen" wa state has experienced, this year's incredible wildfire season, and tree-stripped hills coming down on top of unsuspecting neighborhoods, it appears there is no place on earth to escape the dire consequences of Climate Change.
All of the big hurricanes/typhoons out in the Pacific this year have been amazing to follow...never seen anything like that before, and now comes Patricia.
malaise
(267,823 posts)I don't ever remember a season where there were so many typhoons at the same time.
Patricia is now expected to be the worst recorded storm in the Western hemisphere. Climate change is real. Last month was the hottest September on record (following the hottest July and August).
I heard that the temperature in Patricia's eye way up there in the sky was 89degrees.
We have fugged up this planet.
countryjake
(8,554 posts)And almost mentioned it, earlier, ha! Those Hurricane Hunters are some brave folk!
10/23/15 5:07am
http://thevane.gawker.com/at-200-mph-hurricane-patricia-is-now-the-strongest-tro-1738224692
Shortly after midnight on October 23, 2015, a group of courageous men and women flew into the center of Hurricane Patricia and landed in the history books. With measured winds of 200 MPH, Hurricane Patricia became the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded anywhere on Earth. Let that sink in for a moment...
~snip~
During the 24-hour period between 4:00 AM CDT on Thursday and 4:00 AM CDT on Friday, Patricia went from an 85 MPH category one to a 200 MPH category five. Its minimum central pressure dove from 980 millibars to 880 millibars over the same period, such an extreme pressure drop that it is unprecedented in modern history.
The storm is so intense that the air temperature up in the hurricanes eye, thousands of feet above the surface, was 89°F. 89°F!
The storm is so intense that the Hurricane Hunter aircraft recorded sustained winds of 221 MPH at flight level a few thousand feet above the surface of the ocean.
Patricia is a storm without precedent. We are living history today, but nobody will live it more than Mexico. While we try to wrap our minds around what the atmosphere did last night, its important to remember that there are people in the path of this storm. This is not some abstract homework assignment assigned by some madman meteorology professor. This is a real storm that is quickly approaching land and soon threatens to create unimaginable amounts of devastation in any communities caught directly in the path of Patricias eye.
spanone
(135,636 posts)malaise
(267,823 posts)he's more snow flake than snow ball.
spanone
(135,636 posts)this storm should give him pause for thought, but that's projecting he has a thought process.
malaise
(267,823 posts)He's to stupid to be rational although big oil may have been paying him to spew his ignorance.
Should be nice to find out who has been making money to deny climate change.
herding cats
(19,549 posts)I just hope most people had time to flee and get to a safer area. The destruction from this storm is going to be historic.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)Extra hot El Niño fueled water
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)I hear parts of Texas may receive flooding rain from this system also
KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)And reports of people hunkering down in resort hotels.
This is going to be ugly.
More than 7 million residents and an estimated tens of thousands of U.S. citizens visiting or living there were told to prepare for the "worst-case scenario" as the ferocious storm was expected to race ashore on Mexico's Pacific coast between 6 to 10 p.m. ET Friday.
The tourist magnets of Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo were directly in the Category 5 storm's projected path, and Puerto Vallarta's airport was closed Friday out of precaution as some stranded vacationers described their inability to fly out a "nightmare."
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/hurricane-patricia-strongest-storm-ever-measured-hit-mexico-n449731
Warpy
(110,913 posts)It's just amazing how fast this one intensified, winds 60 kt when I went to sleep on Wednesday, a cat 4 when I got up on Thursday.
I hope people are managing to evacuate. I hope the government and gangsters are taking a time out from fighting to help them.
malaise
(267,823 posts)Watched it become Cat4 but Cat5 overnight was really a shock.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027276525
It's looking more like a direct hit on Puerto Vallarta.
Warpy
(110,913 posts)with landfall at Manzanillo or thereabouts. However, storms like this one are impossible to predict in the few hours before landfall, so you could be right.
malaise
(267,823 posts)and they don't have the insfrastructure to deal with this catastrophe.
I have a really bad feeling about this one.
countryjake
(8,554 posts)wobbling all over the place!
My thoughts are with all those people who've found themselves doomed to ride this hurricane out.
And the migrating birds.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)malaise
(267,823 posts)than a night landfall for a storm of this magnitude.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027283604
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)I checked this morning and it is working again. You can see a small
pile of debris and it looks like some people are cleaning up.
Link: http://www.lamanzanilla.info/web_cam.html
randys1
(16,286 posts)will hit our coast one of these days.
But for now we get to watch climate change kill Mexicans while the Mexican hater in chief denies climate change.
malaise
(267,823 posts)That thought terrifies me because there aren't too many evacuation options in these parts
randys1
(16,286 posts)Now I envy the hell out of you...
malaise
(267,823 posts)The land of no winter
randys1
(16,286 posts)I didnt know about this until about 10 yrs ago, I wondered why I always felt at home there.
I want to be warm all the time.
gvstn
(2,805 posts)That stuff is three sweater weather. And I remember a time when I used to love September and cooler temperatures. And I'm only 50, I can't imagine what it will be like if/when I get older.
malaise
(267,823 posts)I couldn't bare it even in my teens. It's strange because my siblings are fine with it.
I don't mind September cool - I don't even mind mid-50s and 60s - it's that winter crap I detest. It doesn't affect me health wise and I can take a few hours playing in the snow - I am just not living anywhere with winter
gvstn
(2,805 posts)I had to go to the hospital everyday from far away parking. 18 degrees and wind, Christ, I needed a bed before I even got to the lobby.
I envy you to live in a place without winter. I'm just not strong enough anymore for that cold stuff.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)I'm pretty sure it wasn't Honoapiilani.
I lived on O'ahu when I joined DU after Nineleven(TM), hence the name.
randys1
(16,286 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)geomon666
(7,512 posts)They're going to need it and we should all be ready to give aid after it passes.
malaise
(267,823 posts)This is going to bite Rubio big time as Rufus Dog pointed out
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027283977
geomon666
(7,512 posts)I'm ashamed to be from the same state as that asshole. We know repigs won't do anything to help anyone. We're going to have to do it on our own.
MFM008
(19,782 posts)something like this will take the path Katrina did.
I feel something bad coming, earthquake swarms in CA and here in WA, this monster.
Very unsettling.
PatrickforO
(14,516 posts)That's scary.
Of course, global warming is nothing more than a myth foisted on us by lib-er-al scientists. And we don't need no science, right?
Drill, baby, drill!
You know, an aside. I'm reading a book called 'An Indigenous People's History of the United States.' It isn't cheering me up much. Do you ever wake up at night and wonder if we humans are about to enter the 'failed species' list and go the way of the dinosaurs and the dodo?
malaise
(267,823 posts)Good news - it did not make a direct hit Puerto Vallarta or Manzanilla
http://www.weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-patricia-mexico-coast
Hurricane Patricia became the strongest hurricane ever known to make landfall on the Pacific coast of Mexico after the center of its eye crossed the coast of Jalisco state early Friday evening. Catastrophic damage is expected along a narrow path as the eye slices into the interior of southwest Mexico Friday night.
Earlier in the day, Patricia became the most powerful tropical cyclone ever measured in the Western Hemisphere as its maximum sustained winds reached an unprecedented 200 mph (320 kph) and its central pressure fell to 879 millibars (25.96 inches of mercury).
At 6:15 p.m. CDT, the eye of Hurricane Patricia made landfall near Cuixmala in Jalisco state of southwest Mexico. Maximum sustained winds at landfall were estimated at 165 mph. While those were off from Patricia's extraordinary peak intensity, they still make Patricia a Category 5 hurricane capable of catastrophic wind damage in the immediate vicinity of the eye.