• The SaffirSimpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS) is a tropical cyclone intensity scale that classifies hurricanes—which in the Western Hemisphere are tropical...
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  • sustained winds higher than 110 miles per hour (178 km/h)—on the SaffirSimpson scale are described as major hurricanes. Tropical cyclones portal Weather...
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    and become a hurricane, then it will be classified on the SaffirSimpson hurricane wind scale, and is based on the estimated maximum sustained winds over...
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    Simpson) the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale for measuring the intensity of hurricanes. As recently as 2005 Saffir was the principal of Saffir Engineering in...
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    940 mbar (27.76 inHg) on August 18, making it a Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. After environmental conditions became unfavorable, Hilary weakened...
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    at this time, equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane on the SaffirSimpson hurricane wind scale. Additionally, record-breaking ten-minute sustained wind...
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    121 km/h (75 mph)—equivalent to a low-end Category 1 hurricane on the SaffirSimpson scale—on 26 March. At that time, it was unofficially named Catarina and...
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    Atlantic hurricane season (category Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images)
    hurricanes and 3 becoming major hurricanes, Category 3 or higher on the SaffirSimpson scale. The most active season on record was 2020, during which 30 named...
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    which made it equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane on the modern-day SaffirSimpson scale. That day, the Weather Bureau realized that the storm was continuing...
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    the storm's track and intensity, according to the SaffirSimpson scale Map key SaffirSimpson scale   Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)   Tropical storm...
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    sustained winds higher than 110 miles per hour (178 km/h)—on the SaffirSimpson scale are described as major hurricanes. The average formation date of...
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    km north of Réunion, equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The alert was raised to red in Réunion (marine submersion, winds...
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    flight late on August 16 found a strong Category 5 hurricane on the SaffirSimpson scale and recorded a very low pressure of 908 mbar (hPa; 26.82 inHg), with...
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    260 km/h (160 mph), the equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane on the SaffirSimpson scale or a super typhoon. The IMD also estimated a minimum barometric pressure...
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    the Pacific for 17 days, becoming a Category 5 hurricane on the SaffirSimpson scale on three different occasions. It was the most intense hurricane ever...
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    tropical storm, and on the threshold of a Category 1 hurricane on the SaffirSimpson scale (SSHWS). Between 12:00 UTC on September 14 and 00:00 UTC on September...
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    Caribbean Sea, Iris rapidly intensified into a Category 4 on the SaffirSimpson scale. A small hurricane with an eye of only 7 mi (11 km) in diameter,...
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    The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the Saffir Simpson Scale which uses 1-minute sustained winds. Only systems that formed either...
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    hurricane is a tropical cyclone that reaches Category 4 intensity on the SaffirSimpson scale. Category 4 hurricanes that later attained Category 5 strength are...
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    115 mph (185 km/h), which is a major hurricane, or a Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The approaching trough caused Iniki to accelerate to the north-northeast...
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    subsequently peaked as a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with one-minute sustained winds of 260 km/h (160 mph). After weakening...
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  • damage potential of a tropical cyclone, through use of such scales as the SaffirSimpson scale. The maximum sustained wind normally occurs at a distance...
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    El Niño of 1994–1995, and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane on the SaffirSimpson scale, the highest categorization for hurricanes. Over the course of its...
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  • the SaffirSimpson hurricane scale (Category 1, Category 2, etc.) is used. The Enhanced Fujita scale, an updated version of the original Fujita scale that...
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  • Thumbnail for 1930 San Zenón hurricane
    landfall in the Dominican Republic at Category 4 strength on the modern Saffir-Simpson Scale. Later, it also struck Cuba and the U.S. states of Florida and North...
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    storm strengthened and became a Category 1 hurricane on the SaffirSimpson hurricane wind scale. Still moving westward, the system reached Category 4 intensity...
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    Category 5 severe tropical cyclone on the Australian Scale, and also a Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale . Early on 16 April, it reached its peak intensity...
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    the NHC had only upgraded Otis to a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Explosive intensification continued throughout the day into the...
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    to peak at Category 5 status, the highest possible rating on the SaffirSimpson scale. After drifting southwestward and weakening, the hurricane hit Honduras...
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    Hurricane Helene (category Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images)
    pressure system—and the Madden–Julian Oscillation, which reinforced the large-scale cyclonic flow extending from the eastern Pacific Ocean to the western Caribbean...
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