Fox13 news out of Tampa Florida is reporting that the associated storm surge is estimated to be about 39ft and that the area where landfall is likely has a problem with drainage during lesser storms. Given NHC is only on public advisory 14 the development must have been explosive!!! A monster indeed. Suspect that Patricia will be retired as a name after this as no matter what we may hope for the damage and loss of life will most likely be high.

That ear-popping central pressure, that must be like having the 850's dragged down to sea level.

Even though the prediction doesn't highlight it with Patricia, I wonder if it is possible for a Pacific hurricane to become a Caribbean one by crossing eastwards over Mexico, even if the mountains does cause a system to weaken while over land but then regain strength back to as a full blown hurricane once over the Gulf. I think Mitch did that a few years ago (roughly in the early 2000s from memory).

A few have done it over the years, both Pacific to Atlantic, and vice-versa:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlantic%E2%80%93Pacific_crossover_hurricanes

Glad to see some activity in here.

Patricia is the most intense pacific hurricane ever, by an astounding depth of 22mb lower than the previous! 

Wind speeds are currently sustained 200 MPH. I cannot believe this, its absolutely insane.

 I mean holy shit, we actually have a chance of beating Tip. 

The saving grace for many may well be the compact form of the hurricane wind fields. The hurricane force winds are in a relatively small area around the eye (30 miles from the centre - the average for this strength of hurricane is about 50 miles), and the area of tropical storm force winds extends to about 175 miles from the centre (the average being about 300 miles).

It would have been interesting if it'd have made landfall around 2,000 miles north!

i agree Ben but with 250mph gusts it's like being hit by a high end EF5 tornado that is 30miles wide 😧

When put into that context I wouldn't want to be within 100miles of it to be honest.

Any links to live webcam feeds?

This one could get very interesting as the day progresses.

http://www.webcamsdemexico.com/videos.php?v=tUgyOFEI8-Q&streams=1

That's a great webcam feed, thanks 

This one is good also, can see it in the distance rolling in http://www.webcamsdemexico.com/videos.php?v=MT42afoxuDI&streams=1

Why are people still swimming in the sea?? Run... run away quick!!

God knows and can you see the lifeguard in the right corner lol....can't see the webcam lasting long

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This one could get very interesting as the day progresses.

http://www.webcamsdemexico.com/videos.php?v=tUgyOFEI8-Q&streams=1

Thanks. Will keep a check on it as the evening progresses

Is this the one we should be watching? quality not too great http://www.webcamsdemexico.com/videos.php?v=dWT3kRX-eiQ&streams=1

On my MAC the link takes you to the Puerto Vallarta web cam showing the seafront there, which is forecast to be right in the path of the storm.

If the link takes you to the main page then look for Puerto Vallarta under 'Cameras en Streaming' ;-)

Oh, and no sign of anyone swimming here, eerily quiet in fact.

It be funny if this was one them webcams that just keeps repeating itself with old recordings lol

Ixtapa might be a bit too far south !  Manzanillo looks like being in a dangerous location according to forecasts, but I can't find webcams for that region.

Is this is? take a little while to load but it works http://myearthcam.com/lamanzanilla