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(CNN) — Tropical Storm Adrian is expected to become a hurricane as it develops in the Pacific Ocean near the coast of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday.

“Steep waves and hazardous surf conditions will develop along the coast of Mexico by Thursday as Adrian intensifies and moves parallel to the coastline,” an advisory said.

The storm is expected to stay offshore, sparing Mexico, but according to the hurricane center, “any deviation to the right of the forecast track could bring tropical storm conditions” to parts of Mexico on Thursday and into Friday.

Mexico’s government and the National Hurricane Center have both issued tropical storm watches for the coastal area from Acapulco west to Punta San Telmo.

At 8 a.m. PDT, the storm was about 285 miles south-southwest of Acapulco and about 335 miles south of Zihuatenejo. It had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph and was moving north-northwest at 5 mph.

The storm is expected to intensify rapidly over the next 48 hours, the hurricane center said. Swells caused by the storm and its strengthening will probably begin affecting the southwest coast of Mexico later Wednesday.

“These swells could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions,” the hurricane center said.

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