MEXICO CITY – Tropical Storm Marie formed over the Pacific on Wednesday, hundreds of miles (kilometers) southwest of the Baja California Peninsula.

The storm was expected to move further out to sea and posed no threat to land, said Richard Pasch, a hurricane specialist with the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Marie was centered 600 miles (965 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of the peninsula. It had winds of 50 mph (85 kph) and was moving northwest at 10 mph (17 kph).

Meanwhile, Laura weakened over the cold waters of the north Atlantic and was no longer a tropical storm. The hurricane center said it would stop issuing advisories on Laura.