 On October 12 , a building ridge caused the depression to slow at the same time as the convection began decreasing . The storm 's center became exposed as the deep convection became limited to a few small cells north of the center . By that afternoon , the depression degenerated into a remnant low . The remnant low persisted for the next several days while picking up speed and taking a gradual turn towards the northeast . The low transitioned into an extratropical cyclone on October 14 and intensified , moving through the Azores with gale force winds . It reached winds of 50 mph ( 85 km / h ) before being absorbed by a larger extratropical storm on October 18 . 
