 Hurricane Ramon originated from a tropical disturbance that was situated south of a large ridge over Central Mexico . The disturbance became better organized while traversing 84 ° F ( 29 ° C ) waters and at 1800 UTC on October 5 , the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Center ( EPHC ) upgraded the disturbance into a tropical storm while centered about 575 mi ( 925 km ) southwest of Acapulco . Initially , the storm was expected to move west and not affect land ; however , this did not occur . After being named , Tropical Storm Ramon held onto marginal tropical storm intensity for 24 hours . Thereafter , Tropical Storm Ramon turned west @-@ northwestward and began to intensity . At 1200 UTC on October 7 , the EPHC reported that Ramon had intensified into a hurricane . About 24 hours later , the system was upgraded into a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir @-@ Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale ( SSHWS ) . Rapidly intensifying , Ramon reached major hurricane status on October 8 ( Category 3 or higher on the SSHWS ) . At 0600 UTC on October 9 , Ramon was upgraded into a Category 4 hurricane while reaching its peak intensity of 140 mph ( 220 km / h ) , which it maintained for 24 hours . 
