During October 20, 2006 the Fiji Meteorological Service and the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center started to monitor a tropical depression, that had developed within the South Pacific Convergence Zone to the north of Temotu Province in the Solomon Islands [REF].
The systems rapid intensification subsequently slowed down during October 23, as an upper-level anticyclone located to the northwest of the system impeded the systems outflow [REF].