What scale do scientists use to measure hurricane intensity

Your answer would be the "Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale"

The scale that scientists use to measure the intensity of a hurricane would be the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale.

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale:

This scale was developed in the 1960s and continued to develop in the 1970s. This scale is used to measure the intensity of a hurricane from the speed of the wind, pressure, and storm surges.

Explanation:

The reason why the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale would be the correct answer is because this is the scale that measures the intensity of a hurricane. This scale measures the different wind speeds, pressure, damage potential, and etc. This scale has 5 different categories that categorizes the hurricanes that were measured. The categorize are from 1-5 (1 being the lowest level hurricane and 5 being the highest and most dangerous hurricane). This shows the scientists how bad the hurricane is, and if they need to warn people before the hurricane actually strikes. This scale has developed a lot over the past couple of years and is still being used to this day.  This scale gives a good recommendation, or indication, of how bad an hurricane is going to be.

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