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On July 6, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) began monitoring a mid- to upper-level low associated with an easterly

wave roughly 1,390 km (865 mi) northeast of Guam.[nb 1]Though satellite analysis indicated no low-level circulation, atmospheric conditions favored development over the following days.[3] Early the next day, a broad surface low developed and scatterometer passes revealed strong easterly winds to the northeast of the center, which were expected to wrap into the system as it intensified. Despite still being a mostly cold-core system and considered subtropical by the JTWC,[4][5] the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) classified the system as a tropical depression.[6][nb 2] Over the following hours, rapid consolidation of the low took place with deep convective banding featureswrapping around the low and a distinct transition into a tropical cyclone. In light of this, the JTWC commenced advisories on Tropical Depression 07W. Situated to the south of a subtropical ridge, the depression tracked

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