 Later on the same day, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) upgraded the storm to a depression, classifying it as "BOB 06", followed by the JTWC reporting that the storm had reached Tropical Storm strength.A couple of hours later, the IMD upgraded BOB 06 into a Deep Depression, as the storm continued to intensify.The storm slowly drifted west-northwestward while deep convection consolidated around the system's well-defined center of circulation.