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MEXICO CITY (AP) - Tropical Storm Barbara weakened off the southwestern Pacific coast of Mexico on Thursday and forecasters said the storm was unlikely to become a hurricane.Barbara's winds were clocked at 40 mph, down from 54 mph late Wednesday, and it was inching along about 155 miles south-southwest of the coastal town of Puerto Angel, Mexico's National Meteorological Service reported.The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm could still dump heavy rain and cause dangerous flooding along the Mexican and Guatemalan coasts by Saturday, but was unlikely to become a hurricane.The first tropical storm of the eastern Pacific's 2007 season, Alvin faded at sea Thursday.Only twice before has the hurricane center had two named May storms, in 1984 and 1956, and forecasters have predicted a busy hurricane season.Forecasters at the U.S. Hurricane Center predict as many as 16 major Pacific storms and nine hurricanes, four of them intense.The eastern Pacific hurricane season opened May 15.Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Coasts brace for a busy hurricane season 