Wouldn't it be possible to have a category 6 or 7 hurricane?

Question

Who's to say that a category 5 wouldn't strengthen if it sat in the Gulf long enough?

Answer 1

yes in therory, of course it is possible, and may well of happened but sicne we have been keeping records it has not happened. Take for instance the 1999 tornado that hit my home state of Oklahoma. the fujita scale only went up to F5 (the strongest tornado) the 1999 tornadon that hit oklahoma was off the scale and would have infact been an F7 so yes it can happen, i guess it is a question of if the conditions would ever be right to generate such a beast!! Lets hope not!

Answer 2

Since the Safir/Simpson scale only goes up to Category 5 one would say no unless they added a category 6 or 7. However, if each category is an approximate increase of 20 mph, then we could easily argued that since there have been hurricanes with sustained winds of over 175 mph and therefore should be a category 6. There have been several hurricanes that strong. Camille in 1969, Gilbert in 1988, Rita and Wilma in 2005 has reached that intensity prior to hitting any land mass. So while we are limited by the scale itself that says anything over 155 mph is a category 5, one can argue that we should have brought the scale to category 6.

Answer 3

The second answerer is correct. There is no such thing as a category 6 or 7. Even if a hurricane had 300 mph winds, it would still be a category 5. As for tornadoes, the Fujita scale goes to 12. There is such a thing as an F-12

Answer 4

Hurricanes stronger than category 5 are not possible, due to the wind resistance and the energies involved. If the climate were to drastically change however, then faster wind-speeds would be possible. Meterlogical theory says that hurricane sustained winds will actually slow down to keep the system from blowing apart and disipating.

So barring drastic climate change, hurricanes with sustained wind speeds of approximately 170 mph or faster are not possible. Gusting hurricane winds are another animal entirely.

You can't compare Tornados to Hurricanes. The principals behind the two are completly different.

Answer 5

A category 5 just can't strengthen anymore, the stronger the storm, the more energy is required to further strengthen it. A category 5 hurricane would require a tremendous amount of energy to strengthen.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

No...The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale is a man made scale that stops at five. Any winds greater than 155 m.p.h. are classified as a category five regardless of how much greater.

Answer 8

it could be possible it could be classified as destroying a whole state and or 2 if ever come such a hurricane able to annilate even 10 of the great states im sure it could be classified farther than a 5

Answer 9

no I think a category 5 is all inclusive of anything over a given windspeed. But the way things are going maybe they should make up new ratings.

Answer 10

Cat 5 for hurricanes no matter the strength...
f6 for tornadoes, tho one never has been reported.