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Hello, this is Nonnysmemes, a new account created on Wikipedia, why do we need to add equivalent to the strength/ category of a tropical cyclone? Example: category 3- equivalent typhoon. Nonnysmemes (talk) 10:20, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Nonnysmemes: The SSHWS isn't used by any agency in the western pacific basin. However, to give the readers (especially western ones) a sense of scale, we add the equivalent SSHWS category. Since there is no agency that actually gives SSHWS categories to WPac typhoons, we need to add in "-equivalent" or else we would be falsely claiming that an agency analyzed a system under the SSHWS. Chlod (say hi!) 10:52, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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