 Recurving to the northeast , Faye continued weakening due to vertical wind shear from Ellis , with dissipation as a tropical cyclone occurring on the afternoon of August 27 . As a tropical depression , Faye moved east @-@ northeast for a while before stalling between a mid @-@ level trough and newly developed Tropical Storm Gordon . As Ellis retreated to the north , Faye began to reorganize with tropical storm status reattained on the morning of August 28 and typhoon status reached that night . Weakening began anew due to outflow from Typhoon Gordon , and the system became a tropical storm once more on the early morning of August 30 . By August 31 , a building ridge to Faye 's north led to a southwest motion as the system continued to weaken . The cyclone became a tropical depression that evening , and drifted west for the next few days as an exposed low level circulation . The depression dissipated in the South China Sea on the afternoon of September 3 . 
