TROPICAL STORM 0509 MATSA (0509) 994HPA AT 32.0N 118.7E MOVING NORTH 10KT
POSITION FAIR
MAX WINDS 40KT EXCEPT NEAR CENTER
RADIUS OF OVER 30 KNOT WINDS 300NM EAST SIDE AND 100NM ELSEWHERE
THE 2005 HURRICANE SEASON CONTINUES ON ITS RECORD-SETTING PACE.
IRENE IS THE EARLIEST NINTH NAMED STORM ON RECORD...BREAKING THE
OLD MARK BY 13 DAYS. NORMALLY BY THIS DATE ONLY TWO NAMED STORMS
HAVE FORMED.