MEXICO CITY (AP) — Newly formed Hurricane Bud swirled off Mexico’s southwestern coast heading for a possible brush with the southern end of the Baja California peninsula by Thursday or Friday, while former Hurricane Aletta headed out to sea as a tropical storm. At 2100 GMT, Bud, the second hurricane of the season after Aletta, was packing top sustained winds of 75 miles an hour (120 kilometers per hour) and moving northwest at nine miles per hour (15 kph) the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. ET, the hurricane center said Bud was located about 325 miles south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas at the tip of the Baja peninsula and was moving northwest at 6 mph. Forecasters said Bud was expected to strengthen rapidly over the next 24 hours, but then begin to slowly weaken late Monday or early Tuesday. On the forecast track, the core of Bud and its stronger winds are expected

 to remain well offshore of the southwestern coast of mainland Mexico

 during the next few days. It peaked on Friday as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph (220 kph). "Significantly cooler waters around the southern tip of Baja California should reduce Bud's intensity below hurricane status before it reaches that land," the center said.
Hurricane Bud grows into a category three hurricane off the Pacific coast of Mexico.