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‘Extremely dangerous’ category 4 Hurricane Patricia to slam west coast of Mexico Friday
Source: Washington Post
‘Extremely dangerous’ category 4 Hurricane Patricia to slam west coast of Mexico Friday
By Jason Samenow October 22 at 3:36 PM
Over the past day, Hurricane Patricia has explosively intensified from a tropical storm to a powerful category four hurricane with 130 mph winds. Patricia is forecast to make landfall late Friday with destructive winds, copious amounts of rain, and a dangerous storm surge.
Patricia, centered about 250 miles offshore the west coast of central of Mexico, threatens to come ashore somewhere between Cabo Corrientes and Punta San Telmo, where a hurricane warning is in effect.
“Confidence is increasing that Patricia will make landfall in the hurricane warning area as an extremely dangerous major hurricane Friday afternoon or evening,” stated the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in a special advisory issued at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday.
NHC said Patricia could strengthen some more through Friday morning, when its peak winds are forecast to be near 150 mph, just shy of category 5 hurricane intensity.
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By Jason Samenow October 22 at 3:36 PM
Over the past day, Hurricane Patricia has explosively intensified from a tropical storm to a powerful category four hurricane with 130 mph winds. Patricia is forecast to make landfall late Friday with destructive winds, copious amounts of rain, and a dangerous storm surge.
Patricia, centered about 250 miles offshore the west coast of central of Mexico, threatens to come ashore somewhere between Cabo Corrientes and Punta San Telmo, where a hurricane warning is in effect.
“Confidence is increasing that Patricia will make landfall in the hurricane warning area as an extremely dangerous major hurricane Friday afternoon or evening,” stated the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in a special advisory issued at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday.
NHC said Patricia could strengthen some more through Friday morning, when its peak winds are forecast to be near 150 mph, just shy of category 5 hurricane intensity.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/10/22/extremely-dangerous-category-4-hurricane-patricia-to-slam-west-coast-of-mexico-friday/
