Subj : Explaining Risk Ratings
To   : Mike Powell
From : Barry Martin
Date : Thu Apr 03 2025 07:02:00


Hi Mike!

 MP> As it is that time of year again, here are the RISK levels
 MP> mentioned in the Severe Weather and Heavy Rain alerts that I
 MP> often post here:
 MP> MARGINAL = 1/5
 MP> SLIGHT = 2/5
 MP> ENHANCED = 3/5
 MP> MODERATE = 4/5
 MP> HIGH = 5/5
 MP> Some of those words, like "Slight" and "Moderate" don't sound as
 MP> serious as they actually are if you look at the 1-5 scale.

Agree: 'slight' sounds innocent enough but can do a lot of damage.  On 
TV where they can do a colour scale the yellow-orange-red scaling (they 
do use five shades) tend to get around the casualness of the 'slight' 
catagory.

BTW, where I am in the Quad Cities (Bettendorf, Davenport IA, Moline, 
Rock Island, IL) we pretty much missed yesteday's storms.  We were in a 
region of 3/Enhanced but fortunately just got the 'remote excitement' of
almost night-time black a few times as the systems rolled through, heavy
nut not torrential rains, some hail.


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