Celia now in the Major Leagues: a category three hurricane
Friday, June 25, 2010 - 05:14
in Earth & Climate
Tropically speaking Celia is in the Major Leagues. She's now a Category Three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale and classified as the Eastern Pacific's first major hurricane. That's quite a 'batting average' for also being that season's first hurricane. The other storms that formed before her in the Eastern Pacific didn't make it to hurricane status...