Category 3 Hurricane Barbara loses strength over Pacific

Hurricane Barbara continues to lose punch as it moves through the open Pacific far from land.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Barbara has been downgraded from a Category 4 storm to a Category 3, with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 kph).

Its center was located about 1,390 miles (2,240 kilometers) west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California on Thursday.

Barbara was forecast to weaken further and become a tropical storm on Friday and a post-tropical cyclone the following day.

The hurricane center said models show it dissipating east of Hawaii, though the storm’s remnants could reach the islands next week.