Tropical Storm Andres forms in Pacific off southwest Mexico

<p>MEXICO CITY &mdash; Tropical Storm Andres formed off the southwestern coast of Mexico on Sunday, the first named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane system.</p>
<p>The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Andres was unlikely to pose any threat to land, predicting it would stay well out to sea and head out into the open Pacific.</p>
<p>At midafternoon, the storm was centered about 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) south of the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. It had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph).</p>
<p>Forecasters said the storm was expected to weaken into a remnant low by Tuesday.</p>