the first video at the height of that monster storm is just coming in. stormteam 5 meteorologist danielle vollmar is tracking its path. and she joins us now. danielle? danielle: that s right, karen. i was a very strong storm earlier in the week. in fact, the strongest hurricane on record in both the eastern pacific and the atlantic basin but since then, coming inland it has weakened. now a category one hurricane with winds of just 75 miles an hour and gusts up to about 90 miles an hour. it is also moving pretty quickly to the north and east at about 21 miles an hour. now it s already brought a lot of rain for parts of mexico. anywhere from about 10 to 11 inches in spots. and expected in the next 24 hours to bring any with from 8-12 inches in mexico. then it travels north and feeds tropical moisture into texas. this is one area under flash flood watches this morning because of another system that does not need any of the rain. now closer to home, you see this area of low press
antoinette is off this morning. what was once hurricane patricia is now tropical storm patricia. it made land fall. the remnants carrying a lot of rain headed north. storm team 5 s meteorologist danielle vollmar has the latest on this storm. danielle: it was weakened as of the 8:00 update but at one point it the strongest hurricane on record both in the eastern pacific and the atlantic basin. now though a tropical storm. of course, it s been moving over land so losing its tropical characteristics with winds of about 50 miles an hour. gusts to 90 and it s moving to the north and east at about 21 miles an hour. now it has already put down in some locations 10 inches of rain looking to add an additional 4-8 inches in some areas. they really don t need it in mexico. then it will move farther to the north and affect texas which, of course, does not need more rain as of right now. 42 degrees in boston. you re still stuck at 26 degrees and 24 in jaffrey. so it is a cool start to you
western hemisphere, and it is plowing into the west coast of mexico. hurricane patricia has winds clocked as high as 200 miles per hour. good evening to you i m shelley , walcott. all that destructive power on a path to a popular tourist destination. abc s michelle franzen begins our coverage. michelle franzen so gigantic, it : blots out the sky. with winds so ferocious, they are frightening everyone out of its path. hurricane patricia, with winds gusts as strong as to her miles per hour 200 miles per hour, driving up to 20 inches of rain, howled into mexico friday as a category five storm. this angry surf a taste of , what s to come in the vacation area of puerto vallarta, where they are boarding up filling , sandbags, streets deserted, as thousands of tourists tried to outrun patricia. we were of actuate it from our hotel this morning for the hurricane. they said, it is not safe, we will go to the technical center michelle vacationer stacy zapar : is stranded with