In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.

Although the NHC officially called Grace a tropical storm , the French meteorological service said it should not have been called a tropical cyclone .
Although officially designated a tropical cyclone by the NHC , Me ́ te ́ o-France , the French meteorological service , stated in their annual report to the World Meteorological Organization that Grace should not have been classified a tropical system .