Hurricane Patricia Photos: 5 Images To Understand Magnitude Of This Storm

Patricia Hurricane — Patricia as a Category 5 with maximum sustained winds of 200 mph on Friday morning. (NASA)

Hurricane Patricia is the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western hemisphere with top winds near 200 mph. According to The U.S. National Hurricane Center this storm is expected to make landfall late Friday afternoon as a category 5. Mexican authorities declared an emergency in the three coastal states of Jalisco, Nayarit and Colima, closing schools and making residents to take serious precautions.

"Patricia is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 8 to 12 inches, with isolated maximum amounts of 20 inches, over the Mexican states of Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacan and Guerrero through Saturday. These rains could produce life-threatening flash floods and mud slides," the NHC reported. Check out these top 5 images that shows the magnitude of Hurricane Patricia.

patricia mexico — Hurricane Patricia approaches the western coast of Mexico in this October 23rd satellite image. REUTERS/NASA

patricia-rammbcira — Patricia sustained winds of 200 mph on Friday morning at 5:23 a.m. EDT. RAMMB/CIRA NASA/NOAA

visible-patricia — Satellite images of Hurricane Patricia. NASA

Patricia Hemispheric — View of the earth Thursday with Hurricane Patricia circled. NOAA/NASA

patricia square — Satellite image from Friday morning of Hurricane Patricia just after sunrise NRL

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