Hurricane Conditions & Stats

                               The Saffir/Simpson Scale
Hurricane forecasters use a disaster potential scale that assigns storms to five categories. Category 1 is a minimum hurricane, Category 5 is the worst case.
The criteria for each are shown below

 

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WIND SPEED - MPH/KNOTS CATEGORY CENTRAL PRESSURE: MILLIBARS CENTRAL PRESSURE: INCHES DAMAGE
74 - 95 / 64 - 83 1 980or greater 28.94 or greater Minimal
96 - 110 / 84 - 96 2 965-979 28.50-28.93 Moderate
111 - 130 / 97 - 113 3 945-964 27.91-28.49 Extensive
131 - 155 / 114 - 135 4 920-944 27.17-27.90 Extreme
155 + / 135 + 5 919 or less 27.16 or less Catastrophic

The Saffir/Simpson scale was developed by Herbert Saffir, a Florida consulting engineer, and Dr. Robert Simpson, a veteran hurricane hunter.






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