Tropical Storm Carlos forms far off Mexico coast
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Carlos formed far off Mexico's Pacific coast Friday and is expected to reach hurricane strength in the next few days as it moves further out to sea.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Carlos — which had been a depression — now had maximum sustained winds near 40 mph (65 kph) and was expected to continue moving west for the next few days.
At 2 p.m. PDT (2100 GMT), the storm was about 910 miles (1,465 kilometers) south-southwest of the tip of the Baja California peninsula.
It was moving west at about 14 mph (22 kph), out to sea.
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NOAA five-day forecast map
The United States  (NHC) has upgraded Tropical Depression Four-E to tropical storm status. The storm, now officially Tropical Storm Carlos, is the third named storm of the 2009 hurricane season. 

The storm currently has maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour, with slightly higher gusts. Carlos is located about 910 miles south-southwest of Baja California, Mexico, and is currently tracking west at 14 miles per hour. Minimum barometric pressure is 1005 millibars.

A fairly small and well-organized storm, Carlos is expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it continues westward, the NHC reports.