Melissa may be struggling now, but it is expected to rapidly intensify. It's also going to be a slow mover into early next ...

Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane over the Caribbean Sea this weekend. The storm ...

As climate change continues to reshape the intensity and behavior of hurricanes, meteorologists and researchers are examining whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a decades-old ...

Melissa may be struggling now, but it is expected to rapidly intensify. It's also going to be a slow mover into early next ...

Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to rapidly strengthen to a major hurricane over the Caribbean and could end up being one ...

Since 1971, meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center have rated tropical systems based on the Saffir-Simpson scale. This is a scale that measures the strongest wind speed around the eye of a ...

Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to undergo a rapid, explosive strengthening in the warm Caribbean waters, posing a severe ...

Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes based on their intensity. The NHC will label a system a tropical depression ...

When you hear terms like Category 1, Category 3 or even the rare Category 5 mentioned regarding hurricanes, what is being discussed is the classification system for hurricanes based on their winds.

For the last few years, I have opined about the inadequacy of the Saffir — Simpson scale for conveying the full impacts of hurricanes. Harvey (2017), Milton (2024) and Helene (2024) are examples of ...

Windy weather is in the short-term forecast. Meteorologist Adam Rutt talks about an aspect of windy weather that you may not ...