Possibly because of its struggle to maintain its convective structure against the ever increasing vertical wind shear (VWS), despite high sea-surface temperature (SST).[27][28] But at 15:00 UTC the same day, it did a comeback to a Category 2 status, as it managed to consolidate and its eye feature re-appeared in the satellite imagery.[29] Three hours later, the MFR upgraded it to a intense tropical cyclone status.[30]