Over the next few days, the system gradually intensified under the influence of divergent upper level easterlies, while it moved towards the south-southwest, passing through the Solomon Islands before starting to affect the south-eastern islands of Papua New Guinea.
The system gradually intensified under the influence of divergent upper level easterlies. This was over the next few days. It moved towards the south-southwest-eastern islands of Papua New Guinea. Southwest was passing through the Solomon Islands before. Southwest was starting to affect the south.