Along with the anticipation of an extremely busy Atlantic hurricane season, AccuWeather meteorologists are greatly concerned that storms that undergo undergo rapid intensification.
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Scientists behind a new study are proposing adapting the scale that measures the intensity of hurricanes to account for stronger storms. On Monday, a pair of scientists published a research article exploring the "growing inadequacy" of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale and possibly adding a Category 6. 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
Typhoon Bolaven, a robust storm in the West Pacific basin, has been walloping the island territory of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands early this week, engulfing the islands in heavy rain and gusty winds. Bolaven became a tropical storm Saturday about several hundred miles to the southeast of Guam. By Tuesday night it was equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale (maximum sustained winds of 74-95 mph, or 119-153 km/h). The National Weather Service office in Guam
AccuWeather is launching what it says is the only scale that tracks the duration and severity of heat waves, which are becoming more common occurrences