Tropical Storm Gil in the Eastern Pacific
 

Tropical Storm Gil continues to gather strength, almost 900 miles southwest of the tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula.

Gil is expected to strengthen to a hurricane by Thursday, before weakening as it encounters the twin nemeses of increased vertical wind shear and stable, dry air.

It will move west-northwest over the next five days and is no imminent threat to land. However, while unlikely, it is not completely impossible that Gil or some remnant of Gil could pass near the Hawaiian Islands next week.

This is the sixth time the name "Gil" has been used in the eastern Pacific. The first Gil, in 1983, passed just north of the Hawaiian Islands as a tropical storm.

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Projected Path

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Projected Path


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Projected Path

The latest forecast path and wind speeds from the National Hurricane Center.



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Storm Information

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Storm Information


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Current Information



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Satellite

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