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Major hurricane: A hurricane whose sustained winds reach or exceed 111 m.p.h.; a category 3, 4 or 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale; also called an “intense hurricane.”
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Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN-TV News at noon and 9 p.m.
WGN-TV meteorologists Steve Kahn, Richard Koeneman and Paul Dailey plus weather producer Bill Snyder contribute to this page.
