MIAMI — Tropical Storm Priscilla was strengthening slowly in the eastern Pacific Ocean and could bring heavy rain and gusty winds to coastal southwestern Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday.

The Miami-based centre said Priscilla, with winds near 70 m.p.h. (110 km/h), could become a hurricane late Sunday or on Monday. Its tropical storm-force winds extended as far as 125 miles (205 kilometres) from its centre.

The threshold for a hurricane is a storm with winds of at least 74 m.p.h. (120 km/h).

Priscilla was located about 285 miles (460 kilometres) south-southwest of Cabo Corrientes or about 480 miles (770 kilometres) south-southeast of the southern tip of Baja California and was moving north-northwest at 2 m.p.h. (4 km/h). Priscilla was forecast to generally move parallel

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