Forecasters say Tropical Storm Gil has become a hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The U.S. National Hurricane Center reported Friday that the storm was about 1,080 miles west-southwest of Mexico's Baja California peninsula.

Hurricane Gil weakened into a tropical storm in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Saturday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. It was not forecast to threaten land. The Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm’s maximum sustained winds dropped to 65 mph.

The National Hurricane Center said late Wednesday, July 30, Tropical Storm Gil has formed in the Pacific Ocean and could soon become a hurricane.