Hurricane Erin raced from a Category 1 to a Category 5 storm. If Erin keeps ramping up, is there a Category 6?

Milton is already in rarefied air by surpassing 156 mph winds to become a Category 5. But if it reaches wind speeds of 192 mph, it will surpass a threshold that just five hurricanes and typhoons ...

Category 2 consists of hurricane winds between 96-110 mph that are described as “extremely dangerous winds will cause extensive damage.” Category 3 are winds that lie somewhere between 111-129 ...

That put it just within Category 5 strength. While strong, that wouldn’t be enough for it to be considered a Category 6 storm based on Wehner and Kossin’s hypothetical suggestion.

While some people theorized Hurricane Milton might reach Category 6, no such rating exists. The hurricane Saffir-Simpson scale only goes up to Category 5.

“The potential for a Cat 6 storm is already there in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. And any intense storm in the Gulf will make landfall somewhere,” Wehner said at the time.

Now it’s about 10 days a year where the environment could be right for a Category 6, but that could go up to a month if the globe heats to 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre ...

From my perspective, a new Category 6 does not add much to the table. To me, it is like changing the sign by the fireplace from “Caution, very hot” to “Caution, very, very hot.” ...

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