Tropical Storm Gil in the East Pacific continues to weaken as it heads northwest over cooler waters and into a drier air mass, the National Hurricane Center said today.

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.

The Pacific hurricane season has been busy, with nine named storms and 3-soon-to-be-4 hurricanes, but August is a big month for Atlantic storms.

Tropical Storm Iona continued racing west across the Central Pacific early today while Tropical Storm Gil strengthened far to the east, with both systems posing no threat to Hawaii, forecasters said.

Tropical Storm Gil strengthened into a hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday but was not expected to threaten land, forecasters said. The Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm was about 1,