India, Aug. 3 -- Tropical Storm Gil strengthened into a hurricane and continued to move forward in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Saturday, August 2, ABC News reported. Forecasters have said that the hurricane is not predicted to threaten land and could decrease in strength over the weekend.

The storm was around 1,160 miles, or 1,865 kilometers, west of the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula this morning, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.

As of now, no coastal watches or warnings have come into effect.

As per USA Today, Gil was announced as a tropical storm on Friday and later turned into a hurricane overnight. By Saturday morning, it was gradually downgraded back to a tropical storm. A tropical storm is dec...