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In 1975, the Saffir-Simpson Scale was first published publicly. [6] [8] [10] In 2009, the NHC eliminated pressure and storm surge ranges from the categories, transforming it into a pure wind scale, called the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (Experimental) [SSHWS]. [11] The updated scale became operational on May 15, 2010. [12]
The Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale is used only to describe hurricanes that form in the Atlantic Ocean and northern Pacific Ocean east of the International Date Line. Other areas label their tropical cyclones as "cyclones" or "typhoons", and use their own classification systems .
The scale used for a particular tropical cyclone depends on what basin the system is located in; with for example the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale and the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scales both used in the Western Hemisphere. All of the scales rank tropical cyclones using their maximum sustained winds, which are either ...
The Saffir-Simpson scale currently goes from Category 1 to 5, with a Category 5 hurricane packing sustained winds of 157 mph or greater. The study, published on Feb. 5, explores the "growing ...
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Among this year's systems, thirty became major tropical cyclones, of which nine intensified into Category 5 tropical cyclones on the Saffir–Simpson scale (SSHWS), the most since 2018. [1] The accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for the 2023 (seven basins combined), as calculated by Colorado State University (CSU) was 857.4 units, which was ...
By the next day, Mawar reached its peak intensity, attaining 1-minute sustained winds of 305 km/h (190 mph) according to the JTWC, which is equivalent to Category 5 strength on the SSHWS. [28] It also had 10-minute sustained winds of 215 km/h (130 mph) and a minimum central barometric pressure of 900 hPa (26.58 inHg) which was assessed by the ...