Morning Brief reader Dick in Illinois writes in to ask "Where does 'cats and dogs,' describing heavy rain, come from?" Meteorologist Tiffany Savona: Growing up, I would hear my parents say, “It's ...

A zone that has been on AccuWeather meteorologists' radar since mid-June is on the verge of evolving into a tropical rainstorm, which may be the first step toward becoming a tropical depression or ...

There's now a 40% chance for a tropical or subtropical depression forming near Florida by the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

On this week’s “Weather “Wednesday,” we explore the Saffir-Simpson as HURRICANE SEASON 2025 begins to sizzle in both the Gulf of America and ...

A broad area of weakly spinning low pressure could slowly consolidate and develop into a tropical storm along the ...

Tropical development is possible from the southern Atlantic coast to the northeastern Gulf through the first full week of ...

Erick's categorization on the Saffir-Simpson scale — which helps officials determine wind hazards of an approaching hurricane — only accounts for wind, and not the elements that tend to be the ...

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Based on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a Category 4 is the second highest rating that can be given, and is based only on a hurricane's maximum sustained wind speed. Explaining a Category 4, ...

Before making landfall, the Erick had spooled up to an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, but was downgraded to a Category 3 before making landfall ...

A Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale has maximum sustained winds between 181 and 210 kph (112-130 mph) and is considered extremely dangerous and capable of causing devastating damage.