The Saffir-Simpson Scale for ranking hurricanes is only a crude measure of their potential impacts.
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The Saffir-Simpson scale assigns a storm a number between 1 and 5, with "1" being a weak hurricane and "5" the strongest.
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Hurricanes are ranked 1 to 5 in intensity on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
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The forecast said three to five of the hurricanes will be major storms ranked Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane strength.
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In a report released Tuesday, CSU's Tropical Meteorology Project (TMP) forecast half of those hurricanes will develop into major hurricanes ranked as Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane strength.
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