User blog comment:General MGD 109/Shōjō?/@comment-4807493-20120405204712/@comment-3481504-20120405220615

How so? He kicked Lucifer's ass in Heaven, and everybody, like Zachariah, Dean, Cas, and even Bobby, realize that Michael is in fact stronger.

But anyways, yeah, Raphael is well known for his healing abilities, but if going by lore, then Gabriel's very powerful, being able to literally initiate the Apocalypse with a trumpet.

But in Supernatural, he didn't do that, however achieved things through winks and gestures.. Ironically, he instead tried to end it.

If anything, he was just more modest with his abilities, and didn't see a need for do what Raphael did. And Raphael's more aggressive than him. Also, I bet Gabriel got to caught up him games.

With that, he probably could've created lightning storms, tremors, etc. Like with a word, a wink, or stride.