Early the next day the disturbance intensified into a tropical depression, but on October 18 MFR downgraded the system to a tropical disturbance, noting that the near gale-force winds that were near the center are now several hundred kilometers away from the center.
Early the next day the disturbance intensified into a tropical depression. MFR downgraded the system to a tropical disturbance. This was on October 18. The near gale-force winds that were near the center are now several hundred kilometers away from the center. This was what MFR was noting on October 18.