 Consequently, Bruce reached its peak intensity with winds of 220 km/h (145 mph) and a minimum pressure of 920 mbar (hPa; 27.17 inHg).Following peak intensity, Bruce began to steadily weaken as the storm's deep region of convection began to diminish.At 1200 UTC on December 22, the storm was downgraded back to intense tropical cyclone status for a final time as it was becoming increasingly asymmetric.