 The convection became more persistent by June 9 about 1,480 km (920 mi) northeast of Somalia by June 9.Moving northwestward, the system organized enough for the JTWC to classify it as Tropical Cyclone 02A about 160 km (100 mi) from the Oman coastline.This marked the first occasion that a tropical cyclone originated from a system in the Gulf of Aden.