Beyond the Saffir-Simpson Scale, it is the job of the scientific community, the media, local, state, and federal agencies to effectively characterize the hazards posed by any given storm.

The tide is turning against the nearly half-century-old Saffir-Simpson scale for rating hurricanes. Researchers have been sorting around for better, but still straightforward ways, to tell the ...

Wind speed and storm surge have sat side-by-side on the Saffir-Simpson scale since it's development in the 70s, but now, that's changing. Skip to content. Submit a Tip. Submit a Photo.

New scale for hurricanes and tropical storms will provide a more comprehensive description of their impact beyond the simple wind speeds scale that has been used to classify the severity of ...

The Saffir-Simpson scale was retained, however, because most Americans were familiar with it, and it remained a useful tool to very generally identify the threat level of any given storm. This was ...

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a rating from one to five based only on a hurricane's maximum sustained wind speed. It does not take into account other hazards, including storm surge ...

A major hurricane is classified as a Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. This means the storm has sustained winds of 111 miles per hour or greater.

Two of the key metrics of forecasting -- the "cone of uncertainty," which represents the probable track of the center of a tropical cyclone, and the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, which ranks the ...

Known as the RealImpact Scale, it will likely differ from the widely used Saffir-Simpson scale. Like Saffir-Simpson, the RealImpact scale will measure hurricanes on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being ...

The Saffir-Simpson scale which has been used by meteorologists for decades classifies storms by wind speed only. The AccuWeather RealImpact Scale (AccuWeather RI™) ... About Accuracy.