If there is anything that might lessen the blow that the Veracruz area is about to receive is a pressure rise. And that has occured twice this morning. The EYE is 10 miles diameter and that would be somehat akin to Hurricane Charley in 2004. Small Eye and High windspeed in a small area.

Rainfall after the eye passes will be tremendous and that rain will become much greater once Karl begins his trek over the mountains of Mexico.
Tremendous loss of life is a probability.

URNT12 KNHC 171430 CCA
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE AL132010
A. 17/14:12:40Z
B. 19 deg 27 min N
095 deg 52 min W
C. 700 mb 2798 m
D. 86 kt
E. 323 deg 9 nm
F. 046 deg 97 kt
G. 324 deg 8 nm
H. 969 mb
I. 16 C / 3060 m
J. 16 C / 3026 m
K. 12 C / NA
L. CLOSED
M. C10
N. 1234 / 7
O. 0.02 / 2 nm
P. AF301 0513A KARL OB 14 CCA
MAX OUTBOUND AND MAX FL WIND 118 KT SE QUAD 14:14:40Z
MAX FL TEMP 18 C 325 / 7 NM FROM FL CNTR