Fujita scale

Proper noun

Meaning

Fujita scale

(US, meteorology) A scale used to rate the intensity of a tornado; now superseded by the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

However over the last 4 years, it has had upwards of 20 tornado touchdowns per year, with the highest frequency occurring in the Windsor-Essex – Chatham Kent area, though few are very destructive (the majority between F0 to F2 on the Fujita scale ). Source: Internet

Intensity and damage main seeAlso The Fujita scale and the Enhanced Fujita Scale rate tornadoes by damage caused. Source: Internet

The EF Scale was designed so that a tornado rated on the Fujita scale would receive the same numerical rating, and was implemented starting in the United States in 2007. Source: Internet

Tornados are measured on the Enhanced Fujita scale, ranging from EF-0 for mild tornados, to EF-5 for devastating tornados. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

fujisan volcano Fujisawa Fujishima Fujita-Pearson scale Fujitani Fujiwara