Here's a sat image of this thing that's not even a Low, supposedly

Has persisted for 24 hours - certainly holding it together - maybe consolidating - meanwhile dropping a lot of rain

Could be worth watching as a trend - theoretically, with rising sea surface temps, wouldn't the breeding ground for typhoons be slightly further away from the equator?

Then there's the Coriolis effect to consider, not sure if there's an optimum zone away from the equator or further away the better