the biggest is and f5 or 6 what would an f20 look like and how strong would it be
2007-07-30 07:20:23 · 6 answers · asked by nascar2play 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
They don't have a rating that high, so it can even be perdicted. An F5 goes packs winds up to 318mph. This is because those were the strongest widns ever recorded. It is assumed, then, that an F6 would be anything passed 318mph winds. Now, it would depend on what they do with that. If this new tornado had winds up to, say, 368mph, then an F6 would be classified as any tornado with winds between 318-368mph. But if this new tornado had winds up to 500mph, then an F6, pressumably would be any tornado with winds between 318-500mph. So, you, it is simply impossible to predict what an F20 would be like because the naming is so uncertain. It could be a tornado with 1000 mph winds or 2000 mph winds. It would all depend on the F6-F19 for you to determine an F20. But let's just say, it'll never happen, so don't worry.
Here is a purely theoretical scale that has been extrapolated, so, if you wish, you could extrapolate it further until you get to an F20:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fujita_scale_technical.svg
*Update: According to the new Enhanced Fujita Scale, the highest a tornado can go is EF5, period. Sorry, lol.
2007-07-30 07:26:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, actually, Fujita´s Scale is defined up to F5, and that has the most damaging winds and destroys everything, so I don´t think you can define an F20 because if you´ll like to do that you´ll have to be so specific defining your categories that you would never be able to see what was the category of each one.
Hope to have helped!Have a nice day!
2007-07-30 18:13:27 · answer #2 · answered by Tamara S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you said, the biggest is F5. F20 is not defined. Feel free to define at as whatever size you like.
2007-07-30 14:24:38 · answer #3 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Fujita scale is based on the damage done after the tornado is gone. From the damage they infer wind speeds and such. Since F6 (an "inconcievable tornado" according to the man who designed the scale) means total destruction (and you can't get any worse than total), you can not get any worse than F6.
Check this out, you'll love it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujita_scale
PS - What happened to the cow that got sucked into a tornado?
Udder disaster!!
2007-07-30 14:33:23 · answer #4 · answered by Chris B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well if you want it that way it would be a black hole.
A black hole is like a tornado but it is in outer space and light can not even escape a tornado like that.
2007-07-30 14:26:48 · answer #5 · answered by Jesus's Little Helper 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
shoot i could only imagine. i would say that it would destory a whole state no matter its location.
2007-07-31 00:00:13 · answer #6 · answered by gordonfan4life 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋