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.

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

Forecasters say a disturbance in the Atlantic has a 70-percent chance of cyclone formation over the next week.