With warmer oceans temps now could we see a class 6 hurricane?

Answer 1

Hurricanes classifications are based on the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Scale. The largest category is 5, which is described by winds in excess of 155 miles per hour.

There is no such thing as a category 6 hurricane.

Links:
--Information about the Saffir Simpson Scale:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml

--List of costliest hurricanes
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastcost.shtml

--List of most intense hurricanes
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastint.shtml

Answer 2

There is no such thing as a Category 6 hurricane. The Saffir Simpson scale only reaches a category 5. There's no real reason to go any higher or classify hurricanes any higher because a cat 5 causes almost total devastation anyway. A similar concept is for tornados on the Fujita scale, which goes up to F5, which devastates anything in its path, even tho Ted Fujita said tornadoes could reach F12 unofficially on his scale.

Answer 3

Category 6 doesn't exist and theoretically would be impossible to detect because a category 5 storm leaves total devastation.

A 200 MPH storm has the same impact as a 160 MPH storm. They both flood and blow everything away.

However, if there were a cat 6, the storm would probably be a tiny, 80 mile wide storm with a small eye. A bigger storm wouldn't be as strong due to centripetal force.

Answer 4

This earth has never had a hurricane that was classified as a class 6 or it has never been defined. I guess if the winds were over 300 miles per hour then you can say its a class 6.

Answer 5

No, because the scale only goes up to five. Anyway the ocean temperatures have risen by less than half a degree in the last fifty years.

Answer 6

I like what wdmc wrote.

In addition, consider that the tropical Atlantic Ocean temps are less than what they were last year.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/images/hurricanes2006-sea-temps.jpg

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2678.htm

Answer 7

a category 5 is enough to flatten anything in it's path, so we don't really need a catgory 6.

Answer 8

I dont think there is such a thing.

Answer 9

seems to me the answer is yes cause it is only going to get worse.....

Answer 10

I pray NOT!