Scientists propose adding a 'Category 6' to the hurricane scale • Earth.com
The National Hurricane Center has relied on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale to categorize hurricane, ranking them from Category 1-5.
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The National Hurricane Center has relied on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale to categorize hurricane, ranking them from Category 1-5.
The authors' opinion is that the open-endedness of the 5th category of the wind scale becomes increasingly problematic for conveying wind risk in a warming world. They suggest a 6th category may help communicate that climate change has caused the winds of the most intense tropical cyclones to become significantly higher.
Two climate scientists suggested in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that a sixth category for storms with winds that exceed 192 miles per...
Two climate scientists suggested in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that a sixth category for storms with winds that exceed 192 miles per...
Scientists call for update to Saffir Simpson scale to include new standard, Cat 6, for extremely strong hurricanes that could threaten Gulf, Louisiana.