 After meandering here for a number of days, the system re-entered the Australian region late on November 12.By this stage, the system had weakened significantly from its peak intensity, and was only at tropical depression strength.The period of residence in the Australian basin proved to be short-lived once again, however, with Météo-France indicating that Ex-Tropical Storm Bouchra had returned to the far eastern part of their area of responsibility early on November 13.