The Violent Tropical Storm Daniella and the Prevailing Ocean Temperatures (1996). The example of Daniella, which occurred at the beginning of December 1996 in the southwestern part of the Indian Ocean, contributes to clarifying the link that exists between a minimal atmospheric pressure at the ocean surface in a tropical storm, and the ocean temperature. Daniella is remarkable for the pressure, 905-910 hpa, and for the speed with which it intensified, a phenomenon that has been rarely observed in the region, with a decrease of 60 hpa in 24 hours, whereas the storm moved slowly over an ocean the temperature of which had been between 27 and 27.2 °C two days earlier. The weak speed of Daniella's movement (8 kms per hour) created a situation wh...