ener ating ▁into ▁a ▁rem nant ▁low , ▁con ve ction ▁began ▁to ▁re develop ▁over ▁the ▁system . ▁Later ▁that ▁day , ▁a ▁H urr icane ▁Hunter ▁reconna issance ▁plane ▁deployed ▁dro ps ond es ▁into ▁the ▁system . ▁They ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁system ▁was ▁reg ener ating ▁and ▁shortly ▁after , ▁the ▁N HC ▁began ▁re - iss uing ▁advis ories ▁on ▁the ▁de pression ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁located ▁roughly ▁ 1 , 0 7 5   mi ▁( 1 , 7 3 5   km ) ▁east ▁of ▁the ▁Le ew ard ▁Islands . ▁The ▁de pression ▁continued ▁to ▁track ▁west ward ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁an ▁upper - level ▁high ▁over ▁the ▁north ▁Atlantic . ▁Early ▁on ▁August   1 5 , ▁the ▁N HC ▁upgrad ed ▁the ▁de pression ▁to ▁a ▁tropical ▁storm , ▁giving ▁it ▁the ▁name ▁Ana ▁as ▁deep ▁con ve ction ▁developed ▁around ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁circul ation . ▁Later ▁that ▁day , ▁wind ▁she ar ▁caused ▁con ve ction ▁to ▁become ▁disp la ced ▁from ▁the ▁circul ation , ▁expos ing ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁Ana ▁again . ▁ ▁By ▁August   1 6 , ▁the ▁forward ▁motion ▁of ▁Ana ▁began ▁to ▁increase , ▁and ▁the ▁storm ▁quickly ▁entered ▁a ▁region ▁of ▁dry , ▁stable ▁air . ▁By ▁the ▁afternoon , ▁a ▁H urr icane ▁Hunter ▁reconna issance ▁mission ▁did ▁not ▁find ▁any ▁evidence ▁of ▁tropical ▁storm - force ▁wind s , ▁resulting ▁in ▁Ana ▁being ▁down grad ed ▁to ▁a ▁tropical ▁de pression . ▁It