Drifting west, Gerald slowly intensified for the next couple days.

On May 24, the tropical cyclone slowly intensified, and it began to gradually turn to the north.

The storm slowly intensified and reached its peak of 45 mph (1-min) on February 3.

The storm slowly intensified, eventually reaching hurricane status on August 28.

In the process, the storm slowly intensified, and was upgraded to a hurricane early on September 4.

Late that evening, the storm began to slowly intensify once again.

The system slowly intensified, eventually becoming a major hurricane by September 24.

It intensified slowly and was not expected to develop to a tropical cyclone.

Initially, Richard only intensified slowly in an area of week steering currents.

It slowly intensified, developing an eye feature on December 5.