 The last cyclone of an active 14 week period , Owen developed from a disturbance east of Kwajalein on October 13 . Slow development ensued as it moved west @-@ northwest , and by early October 16 it achieved tropical depression status . Northerly vertical wind shear tilted the system to the south with height , and slowed development . By October 19 , Owen became a typhoon as it slowed and turned more to the north . As it picked up forward speed during recurvature , it reached its peak intensity during the afternoon of October 20 . Thereafter , the system began to shear from the south , its wind field expanded , and extratropical transition had begun . Owen became an extratropical cyclone on the morning of October 22 . The system then was blocked from fully recurving into the Westerlies , and turned to the southeast and south . Convection increased south of the center on October 23 , and Owen became a tropical cyclone once more with active central convection on October 24 . The system moved eastward as a tropical storm for the next day . By October 25 , Owen turned back to the north and began to lose its thunderstorm activity once more . Weakening back into a tropical depression , Owen eventually dissipated in the warm sector of an approaching extratropical cyclone late on October 27 after tracking over 6 @,@ 600 kilometres ( 4 @,@ 100 mi ) . 
