Tropical Storm Alvin forms in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of western Mexico

MIAMI AP A weather system swirling off the coast of western Mexico has developed into the first tropical storm of the eastern North Pacific hurricane season forecasters revealed Thursday Tropical Storm Alvin was located about miles kilometers south-southeast of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico the Miami-based National Hurricane Center declared Maximum sustained winds were clocked at mph kph It was moving northwest at mph kph There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect Thursday morning the hurricane center commented Alvin was expected to strengthen late Thursday then weaken late Friday The eastern North Pacific hurricane season runs May to Nov The Atlantic hurricane season begins Sunday and also stretches through the end of November and forecasters are expecting yet another unusually busy Atlantic season But they don t think it will be as chaotic as the third-costliest season on record as it spawned killer storms Beryl Helene and Milton