 However, the depression peaked in strength later that day with winds of 55 km/h (35 mph) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mbar (hPa; 29.53 inHg).This intensity was sustained for several hours before the storm began to slowly weaken early on October 27.During its weakening phase, the depression became elongated and its circulation center became exposed from the rest of the convection, and at 1200 UTC that day Météo-France reclassified the storm as a tropical disturbance.