Thereafter, the system began to re-strengthen and became a Category 1 hurricane on the modern-day Saffir Simpson hurricane wind scale at 1200 UTC on August 12.
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Under the influence of a persistent stationary Category 1 hurricane strength on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale ( SSHWS ) just two days after its naming.
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Strengthening continued thereafter, and by September 12, the storm reached an intensity equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane on the modern-day Saffir Simpson hurricane wind scale.
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"' Severe Tropical Cyclone Zoe "'was estimated to be one of the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale and the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale during December 27.
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By 18 : 00 UTC on August 17, the hurricane regained winds equivalent to those of a modern Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale.
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After reaching the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on June 3, Abby strengthened further and became a Category 1 hurricane on the modern-day Saffir Simpson hurricane wind scale.
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Rapid to Category 4-equivalent cyclone on the Saffir Simpson hurricane wind scale, although this was lowered to 240 km / h ( 150 mph ) in reanalysis.
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Later that day, the JTWC estimated a peak intensity of, equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane on the United States-based Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale ( SSHWS ).
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Because of low wind shear and very warm major hurricane & mdash; a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale & mdash; before its next landfall.
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Late on the same day, JTWC upgraded the system to a super typhoon with Category 5 strength on the Saffir Simpson hurricane wind scale, owing to dual-channel outflow.
