until September 4. Situated roughly southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, the system quickly intensified and became a tropical storm six hours later, and was named Gil. By early on September 5, banding features became well-defined; the NHC simultaneously noted the possibility for interaction between Tropical Storm Gil and Tropical Depression Nine-E (later Tropical Storm Henriette), which was to the east-northeast. Although outflow from Henriette was predicted to slow or prevent intensification, Gil managed to become a hurricane early on September 6. Late on September 6, Gil intensified into a Category 2 hurricane, peaking with maximum sustained winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . Gil curved northwestward on September 6 and began to become affected by northeasterly outflow associated with Henriette. By September 7, the storm became noticeably disorganized and weakened to a Category 1 hurricane. After weakening to a Category 1, Gil accelerated northward around the circulation of Henriette. After over a region with sea surface temperatures near , Gil rapidly weakened, and fell to tropical storm intensity six hours later. Gil continued to weaken and was downgraded to a tropical depression early on September 9. Tropical Depression Gil eventually absorbed the remnants of Henriette, but dissipated by 00:00 UTC on September 10 while about east of the Hawaiian islands. Tropical Storm Henriette A tropical wave crossed over Central America between August 28 and August 29. While south of Acapulco, it began showing signs of development. Visible satellite images early on September 4 revealed a partially exposed, but well defined low-level circulation. While deep convection was confined to the southwestern half of the circulation, the convection was close enough to the center for the system to be classified as Tropical Depression Nine-E on September 4, about west-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. Early on September 5, as the depression headed westward, the separation between the circulation center and the deep convection decreased. Several hours later, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Henriette. The cyclone slowly became better organized on September 6, with the convective pattern becoming more symmetric, while the intensity increase to . Henriette turned to the northwest and accelerated somewhat as it began to feel the influence of Hurricane Gil, then located only about to the southwest. Upper-level easterly flow, which was still evident over the cyclone early on September 6, lessened and a more favorable outflow pattern began to develop. Convective banding near the center became