the initial speed of a hurricane the direction that the hurricane rotates the number of hurricanes that form in a year the temperature of the water below the hurricane
I am hesitating between 4 options to answer the following question, which option should I choose?
Question: Meteorologists categorize hurricanes based on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The scale measures the intensity and destructive potential of hurricanes. Which factor has the most significant effect on the strength of a hurricane?
Possibilities:
- the initial speed of a hurricane
- the direction that the hurricane rotates
- the number of hurricanes that form in a year
- the temperature of the water below the hurricane

the temperature of the water below the hurricane