With a narrow ridge of high pressure to its north, the depression moved west-southwestward.
With a ridge to the southeast, the storm moved quickly southwestward.
Owing to a subtropical ridge to the north, the depression tracked west-southwestward into an area of decreased shear.
The depression initially moved south-southwestward, before curving southwestward by the following day.
During the next few days, the depression organized further and acquired a warmer center of circulation while heading west-southwestward and then to the east-southeast.
Subsequently, the alert was extended southwestward along the coastline.
The system moved southwestward over warmer waters, and deep convection continued to organize over the center.
Within a day of peaking, the hurricane turned southwestward and weakened.
