Computing Destructive Power Score...

○Fetching storm track data

○Computing wind energy (IKE)

○Calculating DPS, IAS, ERS scores

○Rendering map and charts

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DPS80+ Devastating / Historic60 Extreme40 Severe20 Moderate10 Low0 Minimal

Tracks are coloured by Destructive Power Score as each storm evolved. Dashed line = official forecast track; shaded area = forecast cone. Tap a storm for its full analysis. Forecast positions from NHC / CPHC / JTWC — always defer to the official agencies.

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The Saffir-Simpson scale only measures peak wind speed at the center. It ignores the storm's size, which is often the biggest factor in damage. Hurricane Ike (2008) made landfall as "only" a Cat 2, but its enormous wind field caused catastrophic damage across the entire Texas coast.

DPS captures what the Category scale misses: size, surge, duration of coastal exposure, and geographic breadth.

IKE (TJ) — Integrated Kinetic Energy in Terajoules. Total wind energy accounting for both speed and storm size.
mph — Miles per hour (wind speed).
mb / hPa — Millibars, a pressure unit. Lower = stronger storm. Normal sea-level is ~1013 mb.
kt — Knots (1 kt = 1.15 mph). Used for wind speed and storm movement speed.

One number. Total threat.

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