An unusual out-of-season tropical storm will continue to churn today in the Central Pacific far south of Hawaii.

Tropical Storm Pali comes a little more than a month after the end of the official hurricane season on Nov. 30 and nearly five months before the start of the 2016 season.

On Thursday night Pali was about 1,430 miles southwest of Honolulu and 805 miles south of Johnston Island, and had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph.

Forecasters said the storm is too far away to have any impact on Hawaii’s weather.

It was moving north-northwest at 7 mph Thursday night and was expected to maintain its strength today before losing forward speed Saturday and curving west, then southwest and then south on a “fishhook-shaped” track.

Pali is expected to slowly weaken Saturday, according to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center forecast, although sea-surface temperatures in the area remain warm enough to support a strong tropical cyclone.

The storm system is the first tropical cyclone to form in the Central Pacific this year and is also the earliest storm on record, beating Tropical Storm Wiona, which formed on Jan. 13, 1989.

But it is actually the second tropical cyclone this year.

Tropical Depression 9C formed Dec. 31 in the Central Pacific near the equator and the international date line, but it weakened and dissipated on Jan. 1.

Forecasters said it is unusual but not unprecedented to see tropical cyclones outside of the official season, especially in an El Nino year.