Hurricane Barbara emerged as the first hurricane of the Pacific hurricane season on Monday but National Hurricane Center forecasters said she has "peaked." In the 2 p.m. MST advisory, Barbara was in the eastern Pacific Ocean approximately 175 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo,

Tropical Storm Barbara has strengthened into a hurricane, the first of the eastern Pacific hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday swells generated by the storm system will affect portions of the coast of southwestern Mexico during the next few days.