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Hurricanes


 
Tropical Classification
Gale force winds(> 15 m/s)
Tropical Depression(20-34kts and a closed circulation)
Tropical Storm (named)(35-64kts)
Hurricane(65+kts or 74+mph)

Saffir-Simpson Scale
knotsm/hPs,(mB)inch.Hg
Category 164- 8374- 95>980>28.94
Category 283- 9596-110965-97928.50-28.91
Category 396-113111-130945-96427.91-28.47
Category 4114-135131-155920-94427.17-27.88
Category 5>135>155<920<27.16

Note: 1 knot = 1 nautical mile/hour = 1.151555 mile/hour = 1.853248 Km/hr

StormDateCatPcRcwinds
NancySep.12,1961888185 kt
TipOct.12,197987085 m/s
Camille19695909165 kt
Allen1980165 kt
GilbertSep. 1988888
Hugo19894
Andrew19924922

Empirical formula for approximate energy, ergs, of a storm with a central pressure, Pc, given in mBar and a radius of nearest circular isobar, Rc, given in kilometers is

E = 0.712 · 1022 · (1010 - Pc) · (Rc/111)2 ergs