Erick is expected to become a Category 3 major hurricane by the time it makes landfall early Thursday morning.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Erick has formed in the eastern Pacific on a forecast track where it could make landfall in Mexico.

Doubling in strength in less than a day and expected to further grow further, Hurricane Erick is chugging through the ideal environment to power up quickly as it approaches Mexico's southern Pacific Coast.