All those factors are separate from the Saffir-Simpson scale.

Hurricanes are ranked 1-5 in intensity on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

At its peak it was rated as category four on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

How many hurricane categories are on the Saffir-Simpson scale?

"Gustav is a category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale."

Category 1 is the lowest level on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale.

This term fell into disuse after the introduction of the Saffir-Simpson scale in the early 1970s.

This hurricane was a very powerful Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

He was also a major contributor to the committee to update the Saffir-Simpson Scale.

They pegged the hurricane at Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

Why do you think that scientists rate the intensity of natural disasters using scales, like the Saffir-Simpson scale for hurricanes?

Its maximum sustained winds peaked at category two strength on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

Of those, as many as three could be major, or above a Category 3 on the 5-point Saffir-Simpson scale.

A Category 2 hurricane, the Saffir-Simpson scale said, was likely to bring a storm surge of only 6 to 8 feet.

This value helps determine damage expected from a tropical cyclone, through use of such scales as the Saffir-Simpson scale.

That storm was a much less powerful hurricane, rated in Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

But it was no longer expected to be a Category 4 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale.

Meteorologists have long analyzed hurricanes using a measurement system, the Saffir-Simpson Scale.

It was listed as a category two storm but predicted to rise to three on the five-tier Saffir-Simpson scale.

This hurricane, because of how strong it was, would have been a Category Five under the Saffir-Simpson scale.

The strongest cyclone of the season, Dot, reached category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

The storm at its peak Tuesday reached the highest possible category five strength on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

Like the Saffir-Simpson scale for hurricanes, it classifies northeasters in five categories of intensity.

"Rick is a Category Three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale," the center added.

In the Atlantic and northeast Pacific oceans, the Saffir-Simpson scale is used.