Banding features continued to organize as the system slowly strengthened , and on August NUMBER@1 PERSON@1 attained a peak intensity of NUMBER@2 mph -LRB- NUMBER@3 km/h -RRB- over the open waters of the LOCATION@1 .

Banding features continued to organize as the system slowly strengthened , and on August NUMBER@1 PERSON@1 reached its peak intensity of NUMBER@2 mph over the open waters of the LOCATION@1 .
