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What is the scale of a hurricane intensity called?
The scale of a hurricane intensity is called the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. It categorizes hurricanes based on their sustained wind speeds.
What is the name of the hurricane damage scale?
Saffir Simpson Scale
What is the website for saffir-simpson hurricane scale?
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale website is maintained by the National Hurricane Center. You can access it at www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php.
What scale relates to wind speed during a hurricane?
The Saffir-Simpson scale.
What is the rating of hurricane thomas on the saffir Simpson scale?
Hurricane Tomas was a category 2.
What was the Rating for Hurricane Katrina?
It had a Category 3 rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
What is the name of the scale they use to rate hurricane strength?
The scale used to rate hurricane strength is called the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. It categorizes hurricanes into five different categories based on their sustained wind speeds.
At hurricane Katrina what was the number on the Richter scale or the Simpson scale?
Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane when it made landfall in the United States on August 29, 2005. The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is used to categorize hurricanes based on their sustained wind speeds, not the Richter scale which measures earthquake magnitudes.
What is the name of the hurricane category system?
The Saffir Simpson Scale.
What was hurricane Katrina f-scale?
Hurricane Katrina was a category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The F scale is only used for tornadoes, not hurricanes.
How hurricanes categorized?
A hurricane is categorized by its wind speed using the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
What did Hurricane Isaac reach on the Richter scale?
Hurricanes are not rated on the Richter scale; earthquakes are. Hurricane Isaac was rated a category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
