SciGuy (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Last month we discussed the shortcomings of the Saffir-Simpson scale when it comes to measuring hurricanes. It turns out that we weren't alone. As I reported Sunday, there's a serious effort afoot to modify the Saffir-Simpson scale to better account...
Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sounds reasonable to me. Hurricane scientists meeting in Miami this week will discuss, and perhaps act on, a proposal to develop a new scale for classifying hurricanes that better accounts for storm surge. "It is not an easy issue, but I believe a change must be made," said Gene Hafele, meteorologist-in-charge of the Houston/Galveston office of the National Weather Service who is proposing the...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
THE world-famous Saffir-Simpson scale rates the most destructive force of hurricane as being a Category 5.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Miami - Hurricane Paloma strengthened over the Caribbean and was approaching the Cayman Islands and Cuba with sustained winds of more than 150 kilometres an hour on Friday. Paloma is a category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Strengthenin...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Miami - Hurricane Paloma strengthened over the Caribbean and was approaching the Cayman Islands and Cuba with sustained winds of 140 kilometres an hour on Friday. Paloma is a category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Strengthening is likel...
Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
... yet reported.The storm approached Cuba on Saturday as a Category 4 hurricane on the 1-5 Saffir Simpson scale with 145 MPH (230 KPH) winds. By the time it touched land near Santa Cruz del Sur, Camaguey it had weakened slightly to a Category 3 storm with 120 MPH winds.The hardest hit populations were concentrated in the southeast of Camaguey province and the southwest of neighboring...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
... an hour after losing steam as it neared land.It had grown to a Category 4 on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale with 145-mph (230-kph) winds while barging through the wealthy Cayman Islands, where it ripped roofs off houses and storm shelters and flooded streets in knee-high water.In Santa Cruz del Sur, Cuba, residents said the wind was howling and the rain coming down in sheets as...
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
... Little Cayman and Cayman Brac, the NHC said."Paloma is a Category Three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Some slight strengthening is possible this morning ... before gradual weakening begins by this evening," it said.Paloma was churning northeast at 11 kilometres per hour (eight miles per hour) and was expected to slam into Cuba's central coast late Saturday, said the centre.Shelters...
Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
... Sur.Downgraded slightly before touching land from a Category 4 to a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, Paloma was expected to bring 4-5 meter waves and a sea surge that would flood well inland from Santa Cruz del Sur and other low-lying points along the southern coast. Rains could be over 8 inches in some places on the storm’s path.According to the Cuban Meteorology Center...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
... had dropped from Category 4 - with winds of 230 kilometres an hour - to Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Paloma has already buffeted the Cayman Islands on its way to Cuba, but spared the islands heavy damage, according to local officials. The storm became a hurricane in the Caribbean Sea late Thursday. The storm hit after dark so the extent of damage wasn't immediately clear....
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
State-run television showed waves whipping up over coastal barriers and trees bending in the wind as Paloma came in from the Caribbean as a category-three storm with top winds of 200km/h after losing steam as it neared land.It had grown to a category four on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale with 230km/h winds while barging through the wealthy Cayman Islands, where it ripped roofs off...
National Hurricane Center (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
... TO NEAR 100 MPH...155 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. PALOMA IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...EVEN AFTER PALOMA MOVES OFF THE COAST OF CUBA. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM. THE ESTIMATED...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
... had dropped from Category 4 - with winds of 230 kilometres an hour - to Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Paloma has already buffeted the Cayman Islands on its way to Cuba, but spared the islands heavy damage, according to local officials. The storm became a hurricane in the Caribbean Sea late Thursday. Cuba was struck by two powerful hurricanes, Gustav and Ike, within just...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
... had dropped from Category 4 - with winds of 230 kilometres an hour - to Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Paloma has already buffeted the Cayman Islands on its way to Cuba, but spared the islands heavy damage, according to local officials. The storm became a hurricane in the Caribbean Sea late Thursday. Cuba was struck by two powerful hurricanes, Gustav and Ike, within just...
National Hurricane Center (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
... NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. PALOMA IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. STEADY WEAKENING IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...ESPECIALLY AS PALOMA MOVES ACROSS CUBA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185...
