Na July 19, anya nke Daniel bịara pụta ìhè na satellite imagery, nke a haziri n'ime a pinhole anya. Ọ gafere a anya mgbidi nnọchi okirikiri dị ka ọ tụgharịa n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ-n'ebe ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ, nwa oge na-akwụsị ya intensification na-emekarị, tupu ngwa ngwa na-ewusi ike ma na-eru isi oké ifufe ọnọdụ na July 20. Mgbe e mesịrị na ụbọchị, Hurricane Daniel haziri n'ime a nnọọ symmetrical cyclone na a dị iche anya banyere 30 kilomita (45 km) n'obosara. N'elu eru Category 4 na Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, na cyclone yiri ọdịdị nke a annular hurricane; a annular hurricane bụ otu na a nnukwu na symmetrical anya, gbara ya gburugburu site na a ike oké mmiri nke convective mgbanaka, na-emekarị ike ịnọgide na ya ike na Ọdịdị ruo ọtụtụ ụbọchị. Na July 25, mgbe Hurricane Daniel malitere na-aga n'ihu na-ebelata n'okpuru ebe ọdịda anyanwụ-n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ-n'
July 25