 Emerging over the Sea of Japan early on August 7, the system weakened to a tropical depression.The JTWC estimated Francisco to have remained a tropical storm for 12 more hours before transitioning into an extratropical cyclone; however, the JMA maintained the system as a tropical cyclone until the following day as it turned east.The storm's remnants later impacted Hokkaido on August 8–9 before continuing across the open Pacific.