From grocery stores to neighborhoods, a hurricane's category might be among the most discussed aspects of a threatening storm. Those categories are based on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — As hurricane season is quickly approaching, let’s remind you about the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. This scale is designed to categorize hurricanes based on wind speed and is ...
TAMPA, Fla. - For decades, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale has served as the only way to categorize hurricanes, ranking cyclones from Category 1 to 5 based on sustained wind speeds, but ...
As climate change continues to reshape the intensity and behavior of hurricanes, meteorologists and researchers are examining whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a decades-old ...
Amid warming oceans and increasing rapid intensification of tropical cyclones, a new study suggests expanding the hurricane wind scale to include a Category 6 with winds over 192 mph. Climate ...
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – On this week’s “Weather Wednesday,” we explore the Saffir-Simpson as HURRICANE SEASON 2025 begins to sizzle in both the Gulf of America and Atlantic Basin. Year after year, you ...