The disturbance then entered Arriving an area of the Gulf of Mexico that was conducive to tropical cyclogenesis and became Becoming the first tropical depression of the season , after which it was forecast to make landfall before any significant intensification .

The storm moved Motion through the Caribbean Sea , and in an environment conducive to intensification , it quickly strengthened Cause_change_of_strength to its initial peak intensity as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale .

This intensity was held for several hours until less conducive atmospheric conditions slightly weakened the system ; this was followed Self_motion by Morakot making landfall on southern Taiwan on August 3 .