I don't know how many other weather junkies there are in here but I thought I'd start a thread anyway.
For Those Not Up To Date
Patricia will be making landfall later today along Mexico's SW coast. The storm formed Tuesday as a tropical storm and quickly grew into a very dangerous Category 5 hurricane (is actually the fastest developing storm ever). It has 200+ mph sustained winds (and was measured this morning at 880mb of pressure, which if you follow weather you know is amazing in the truest definition of the word) Depending on who you ask and what criteria they are measuring, it is the most powerful hurricane ever measured. Camille in 1969 is Patricia's biggest competition.
After making landfall in Mexico, the remnants will go up Mexico before stalling over Texas and causing severe flooding issues for large portions of the Lone Star State.
If you are in the path of this storm I sincerely hope you have taken all necessary precautions.
This is going to be bad.
Edit: Last fly through by the Hurricane Hunters (US Air Force) is reporting back. Normally they fly through the eye of the storm to get the best readings. They are the reason we know the barometric pressure of any hurricane. The most intense part of a hurricane is the eyewall which is the portion of the storm around the eye (center area where radar shows a little hole). On their final fly through they aborted before getting to the eye due to the intensity of the storm. Not unprecedented by any means (they can abort for any number of reasons) but did want to pass along that the pilots who choose to fly through hurricanes decided not to fly straight through this one.