On this week’s “Weather “Wednesday,” we explore the Saffir-Simpson as HURRICANE SEASON 2025 begins to sizzle in both the Gulf of America and ...

There's now a 40% chance for a tropical or subtropical depression forming near Florida by the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

A broad area of weakly spinning low pressure could slowly consolidate and develop into a tropical storm along the ...

Tropical development is possible from the southern Atlantic coast to the northeastern Gulf through the first full week of ...

The National Hurricane Center uses the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale to categorize hurricanes. Hurricanes are assigned Category 1-5 depending on their wind speeds. We break down the ...

Introduced in the 1960s and refined in the 1970s, the Saffir–Simpson scale is still the most commonly used metric for public communication of the possible wind hazards for hurricanes. Since the ...

You’ve heard of the Richter scale for earthquakes. The Saffir-Simpson scale for hurricanes. But here’s one you probably haven’t come across: the Waffle House Index. It’s not satire.

The Saffir-simpson Hurricane Wind Scale Explained Mexico's government has issued a Hurricane Warning from Puerto Angel to Acapulco, with other tropical weather alerts issued both south and north ...

"Rapid strengthening is expected today, and Erick may reach major hurricane strength when it approaches the coast of southern Mexico," the center warned. With maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 ...