based on earlier work seen somewhere in the net. since the B-scale has worked well but ends up at the point where a wooden, well-built ship disintegrates, taking no account to the washed-to-shore iron-hulled fishing boats which still may float someday.
the table in graphical format (no tornado ever has been 11):
Update: Sharing the .ods -file used to make the images. (Hurricane Patricia (2015) with measured measured winds of 175 kt = 5,83 hfws = cat 6) added to the list
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B34nFtPgUZzjUWhpTl9sQXhzT2M/view?usp=sharing
As can be seen nothing happens at -5, and at >+5 everything happens.
Theoretically possible would be a category 7 in this scale, as described here: https://robertscribbler.com/2016/07/29/hothouse-2090-category-6-hurricane-a-grey-swansong-for-tampa/
Let's hope it won't get to that.
The short list of category 6 hurricanes on this scale, in no particular order:
ReplyDelete1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Tip
2.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Ida_(1958)
3.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Pacific_typhoon_season#Super_Typhoon_Kit_.28Emang.29
4.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Pacific_typhoon_season#Typhoon_Joan
5.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Haiyan_(2013)
6.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Nancy_(1961)
7.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Camille
8.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Allen
I see I missed a few potential category 6 tropical cyclones in the available record, f.e. Typhoons Grace (1958), Vera(1959) and Sarah(1959). I don't know how the wind speeds were measured. There are currently several different scales for the tropical cyclones in use, and some common standards might be in order.
ReplyDelete9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Patricia (2015)
ReplyDeletepossibly the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 would belong in the list too
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