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Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based only on a hurricane's maximum sustained wind speed This scale does not take into account other potentially deadly hazards such as storm surge, rainfall flooding, and tornadoes The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale estimates potential property damage While all hurricanes produce life-threatening winds, hurricanes rated
Hurricanes in History - National Hurricane Center Archives of the National Hurricane Center The periodical Monthly Weather Review - articles used included annual hurricane season summaries published by the National Hurricane Center, along with season summaries and individual storm articles written in the years before the National Hurricane Center was created The periodical Weatherwise
NHC Data Archive - National Hurricane Center The National Hurricane Center's Tropical Cyclone Reports (formerly called Preliminary Reports) contain comprehensive information on each storm, including synoptic history, meteorological statistics, casualties and damages, and the post-analysis best track (six-hourly positions and intensities) Atlantic, Caribbean, and the Gulf of America
Home [www. nhc. noaa. gov] News of the Day Outlooks 2026 NOAA Hurricane Webinar Series View the recorded 2026 Hurricane Awareness webinars presented this year, focused on the Southeast and Caribbean region NHC Products and Services Update for 2026 Hurricane Season (PDF) A comprehensive look at the improvements coming this year to the NHC website (hurricanes gov) Preparedness Resources
Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook - National Hurricane Center Routine issuance of the Central Pacific Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook will resume on June 1 During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant
Storm Surge Overview - National Hurricane Center Storm surge can even travel up rivers and canals, reaching well inland from the coastline The impacts from Hurricane Ian (2022) are a reminder of the widespread devastation storm surge can cause, attributing to 41 lives lost Awareness of the destructive potential of storm surge is crucial for improving safety and resilience in coastal
National Hurricane Center Forecast Verification Contents Introduction Forecast verification procedures Annual NHC verification reports Official five-year mean errors and distributions Official error trends Model
NHC Tropical Cyclone Text Product Descriptions - National Hurricane Center The National Hurricane Center’s Tropical Cyclone Reports (TCRs) contain information on all tropical (and subtropical) cyclones that have occurred within the Atlantic and eastern Pacific basins, including synoptic history, meteorological statistics, casualties and damages, and the post-analysis best track (six-hourly positions and intensities)
Hurricane Milton Milton was one of the strongest hurricanes of record in the Atlantic basin, reaching category 5 intensity (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) with a minimum central pressure below 900 mb After an unusual eastward track across the Gulf of America, it made landfall on the west coast of the Florida peninsula as a category 3 hurricane, causing major damage in the Sarasota and Tampa Bay