Miami - Forecasters say Hurricane Adrian has strengthened to a powerful Category 4 storm off the Pacific coast of Mexico, but is still expected to stay offshore.
Forecasters say maximum sustained winds for the first hurricane of the 2011 season increased on Thursday evening to 209km/h.
The United States National Hurricane Centre in Miami predicts that the storm's centre will stay well offshore.
The centre of the storm was about 500km south of Manzanillo, Mexico. It is moving west-northwest at 15km/h. - Sapa-AP