Simpson Hurricane Scale
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Hurricane Isabel National Hurricane Center
www.nhc.noaa.govNational Hurricane Center revised 1 July 2004 Updated 9 September 2014 for U.S. damage Hurricane Isabel was a long-lived Cape Verde hurricane that reached Category 5 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. It made landfall near Drum Inlet on the Outer Banks of North Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane.
AL262020 Delta 20210419 - National Hurricane Center
www.nhc.noaa.govDelta was a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. It made two landfalls, both at category 2 intensity, on the Yucatan Peninsula and in southwestern Louisiana. Delta made landfall just east of where Hurricane Laura struck in Louisiana a …
The Beaufort Scale - Met Office
www.metoffice.gov.ukThe Beaufort scale was extended in 1944, when Forces 13 to 17 were added. Before that, Force 12 (Hurricane) had been the highest point on the scale, referring to a sustained wind speed of 64 knots (32.7 metres per second) or more – that is, the wind speed averaged over a …