Question

Write an application named Hurricane that outputs a hurricane’s category based on the user’s input of the wind speed. Category 5 hurricanes have sustained winds of at least 157 miles per hour. The minimum sustained wind speeds for categories 4 through 1 are 130, 111, 96, and 74 miles per hour, respectively. Any storm with winds of less than 74 miles per hour is not a hurricane. If a storm falls into one of the hurricane categories, output This is a category # hurricane, with # replaced by the category number. If a storm is not a hurricane, output This is not a hurricane.

Answer 1

Answer:

def Hurricane(wind_speed):

   if wind_speed >= 157:

       print("Category 5 hurricane")

   elif wind_speed >= 130:

       print("Category 4 hurricane")

   elif wind_speed >= 111:

       print("Category 3 hurricane")

   elif wind_speed >= 96:

       print("Category 2 hurricane")

   elif wind_speed >= 74:

       print("Category 1 hurricane")

   else:

       print("Not a hurricane")

Hurricane(121)

Explanation:

The function "Hurricane" in the python code accepts only one argument which is the recorded speed of a hurricane. The nested if-statement evaluates the speed of the hurricane and output the appropriate category of the hurricane based on the speed.