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 has weakened into a tropical storm in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is not forecast to threaten land. The Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said late Saturday that

Forecasters say a disturbance in the Atlantic has a 40-percent chance of cyclone formation over the next week.