At least two areas in the Atlantic show signs of potential tropical development, once of which could impact land. The next ...

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 a Category 5 — with sustained winds in excess of 155 mph.

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 ...

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

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

Hurricane Erin is heading away from the United States, but heavy seas, crushing surf and strong rip currents will pose ...

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.

In a study, Michael Wehner, PhD, and the Berkeley Lab found that the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale fails to tell the full story of higher wind speeds. "The strongest storms are getting stronger.

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.

Then Florence faltered, weakening to a Cat 2, then a Cat 1. National Hurricane Center forecasters stopped talking Saffir-Simpson scale and official advisories no longer mentioned wind speeds in ...