New Hurricane Rating System ?

[J Kinkaid]

http://www.cme.com/files/chi_whitepaper.pdf

 

[MClarkson]

The SS scale for hurricanes only ranks wind... so why not just include surge as well? IE a hurricane is rated based on its current windspeed or expected surge, whichever is higher. Nothing more complex than that is needed for the general public.

 

[IAN GIAMMANCO]

Just wanted to chime in with my first post on the forum, in regards to a new hurricane rating system, I believe Mark Powell from NOAA-HRD has a new paper comming out in BAMS sometime soon. He attempts to account for size of the system as well as maximum sustained winds in some type of destructive potential scale. I don't know the details but I believe it will be published soon.


Ian


Ian Giammanco
PhD Candidate
Wind Science and Engineering
Texas Tech University