MikeCAdministrator
(Admin)
Fri Jul 08 2005 12:50 PM
Re: Special NHC Statement

Saffir simspon scale has no concept of pressure, those were listed only as a ballpark. The scale is purely windspeed.

So it can be off, a lot has to do with the surrounding pressure gradient as well.



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