How does the Saffir-Simpson scale work? The scale has five categories ranging from Category 1 — with winds from 74 mph to 95 mph to Category 5 — with sustained winds in excess of 155 mph.

AccuWeather meteorologists are tracking two high-risk areas across the Atlantic basin that will contend to become the next ...

Hurricane Erin raced from a Category 1 to a Category 5 storm. If Erin keeps ramping up, is there a Category 6?

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 ...

The longstanding hurricane rating system, the Saffir-Simpson Scale, only takes into account sustained wind speeds and not the ...

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is used to rate the intensity of hurricanes. The scale rates hurricanes on a scale of 1 to 5 based on the hurricane’s sustained wind speed.

The scale gave them a much better handle on that," said Simpson, whose contribution was adding possible storm surge heights for each category. Saffir was born in New York in 1917.

Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale: An intensity scale that relates hurricane damage to wind speeds and central air pressures. Category 1: wind speeds 74-95 m.p.h; 2: 96 ...

Under AccuWeather’s scale, Florence would have been a “Real Impact Cat 4” at landfall, instead of a Cat 1 under the Saffir-Simpson scale.