Hurricane Patricia continued to intensify very rapidly on Thursday night and it reached Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale.  At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday the center of Hurricane Patricia was located at latitude 16.2°N and longitude 105.1°W which put it about 200 miles (320 km) south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico.  Patricia was moving toward the … Continue reading Category 5 Hurricane Patricia Threatens West Coast of Mexico