"Richard Dixon" wrote in
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Jonathan Stott wrote in
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I mean, semantically, it wasn't a hurricane,
Perhaps we should have our own scale for Atlantic storms similar to the
Saffir-Simpson scale for hurricanes...

We do and not only do we but it has priority over all other wind scales.

For me, the comparison with a hurricane in terms of the sustained winds on
the Saffir-Simpson scale actually brought it home to me how strong the
winds were! I realise we're not dealing with a hurricane but it was a
useful comparison. For interest - the system was about 1-2 knots short of a
Category 3 Hurricane in terms of classification by sustained winds.

And on the Beaufort Scale it was an hurricane too.

Bunch of pink cardiganed pedants!


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