MIAMI (October 6, 2012)--A new tropical depression formed Saturday in the eastern Pacific, but it poses no threat to land, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
The depression was about 845 miles southwest of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour and it was moving west at 10 miles per hour.
Officials say it could become a tropical storm sometime Sunday.
The eastern Pacific hurricane season ends Nov. 30.
| Cat. | Winds | Damage |
| 1 | 74-95 mph | Minimal |
| 2 | 96-110 mph | Moderate |
| 3 | 111-130 mph | Extensive |
| 4 | 131-155 mph | Extreme |
| 5 | > than 155 mph | Catastrophic |
