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Re:We've already seen category 6 hurricanes – scientists wan... by autokad on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @12:27AM (#39271093)
> Hence, a complicated prediction - but if conditions are right, it seems reasonable to conclude that unusually strong hurricanes will become more likely, even if overall frequency is unchanged.

Not really, its not caused by warm water, its caused by DIFFERENCES in the temperature from the water and air, which is why we have actually seen fewer hurricanes over the last 20 years (ignoring post 2020 because this decade doesnt have a lot of data in) source: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdec.shtml

Its hard to decide when picking a particular category, so what I did was charted category 1s + 2* category 2 + 3 * category 3 ...

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Re:We've already seen category 6 hurricanes – scientists wan... by pfdietz on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @12:55AM (#39271249)
Warmer water will put more water vapor into the air, which will provide more energy, even if the difference in temperature between water and (upper atmosphere) stays the same.
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