Hurricane, Intense
Hurricane, Intense :
Intense Hurricane - (IH) A hurricane which reaches a sustained low-level wind of at least 111 mph (96 knots or 50 ms-1) at some point in its lifetime. This constitutes a category 3 or higher on the Saffir/Simpson scale (also termed a major hurricane). (Klotzbach and Gray, Extended Range Forecast of Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Activity and U.S. Landfall Strike Probability for 2008, April 9, 2008, p. 6)
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