Perhaps the strongest hurricane to ever affect any mainland is poised to strike the western Mexican coast near Puerta Vallerta. At 880mb estimated pressure, Patricia could go down as the lowest barometric pressure for any storm, at least as it relates to the central, east, and north Pacific. 200 mph winds are the accurately-estimated surface wind observations from the hurricane hunters, no doubt gusts are exceeding these values.
You might ask what is the highest wind ever recorded on earth? Not counting tornadoes, at one time, the Mount Washington Observatory on top of Mount Washington, New Hampshire recorded a wind gust of 231 mph, making it a world record...until April 10, 1996 and the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Olivia that hit Barrow Island, Australia with a 253 mph gust.
It is possible that if there are instruments in place that are within acceptable standards for measuring the wind speed, gusts of over 225 mph and higher could be achieved.
A frontal system will tap into this tropical moisture and affect much real estate in the southern United States. Even our weather in Kentucky will be affected by this event.
Another potent tropical system that is curving away from Hawaii may channel moisture into the western United States later next week, one of the hints that I have been looking for related to El Nino. More updates on the hints in my next post.
MS
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