{"id":1603,"date":"2022-07-10T11:11:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T11:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2026-04-28T02:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T02:07:37","slug":"glossary-of-weather-terms-beginning-with-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/weather-articles\/weather-glossary\/glossary-of-weather-terms-beginning-with-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossary of Weather Terms – Beginning with “S”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking up the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale<\/strong>, the difference between a severe thunderstorm warning vs tornado warning<\/strong>, what a supercell is<\/strong>, or what a storm surge warning<\/strong> or snow squall warning<\/strong> means for your safety?<\/p>\n

Jump to weather terms beginning with the letter:<\/h3>\n

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Weather Terms Beginning with “S”<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is the 1-5 scale used to rate the intensity of Atlantic and eastern Pacific tropical cyclones based solely on sustained wind speed. It was introduced by structural engineer Herbert Saffir and National Hurricane Center director Robert Simpson in 1971. The scale correlates wind speed ranges with estimated property damage levels:<\/p>\n