Authorities have warned of “life-threatening” conditions during Hurricane Kristy.

Kristy, which formed from the remnants of Atlantic Tropical Storm Nadine earlier this week, is moving northwest across the Pacific after strengthening from a Category 3 hurricane to a Category 5 hurricane on Thursday. With winds of up to 160 miles per hour, it was the strongest storm on the planet.

As of Saturday, Kristy is a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour, although it is still considered a major hurricane and “life-threatening” waves are expected off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, over the weekend.

“The waves generated by Kristy are impacting portions of the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula and are expected to continue to affect the region through the weekend. These waves are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions. Please consult your local weather office for products,” the National Hurricane Center said in an update Saturday.

Kristy is not expected to impact the United States or land areas. The NHC added that the storm's “rapid weakening” was expected to continue over the weekend and it would be downgraded to a tropical storm by Sunday.

Kristy, then called Nadine, originally originated in the Caribbean and moved west across Belize and Central America last weekend. After the storm dissipated over Mexico and lost its original name, the storm's remnants re-intensified in the Pacific Ocean and it was given a new name.

Hurricane Kristy is a Pacific storm, meaning it is on a different track than Atlantic hurricanes like Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which recently devastated parts of the United States. Unlike Atlantic hurricanes, which often head toward the U.S. mainland or Caribbean islands, Pacific hurricanes usually deviate from the Mexican coast into the open sea, although they sometimes also affect Mexico or Hawaii.

Kristy is the 11th named storm in the Eastern Pacific this season. While the Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1st, the Eastern Pacific hurricane season begins on May 15th. Both seasons end on November 30th.

According to the NHC, “The Eastern Pacific Basin extends from Mexico and Central America westward to 140°W.” Historically, the region experiences an average of 15 named storms, eight hurricanes and four major hurricanes each year. This season's first Eastern Pacific hurricane, Carlotta, formed in early August after two previous tropical storms.

Tom Kines, senior meteorologist at AccuWeather, said Newsweek on Friday that Hurricane Kristy was actually the strongest storm on the planet.