It was the first - ever measured EF - 5 tornado, the highest category on the Enhanced Fujita scale, and the most powerful since 1999, with an
estimated peak wind speed of 205 miles per hour.
Scientists could use this theory to
calculate peak wind speed if they had numbers for the other metrics in the equation, which could come in handy because wind speeds need to be measured at several points of a storm, making it difficult to get an accurate reading.
The system for categorizing hurricanes accounts only
for peak wind speeds, but research published in Nature Communications explains why central pressure deficit is a better indicator of economic damage from storms in the United States.
So, the impact of rising temperatures
on peak wind speed is just one piece of the puzzle of how typhoons could change in the future.
Based on RCP4.5, the model results suggest warmer conditions are likely to produce typhoons with
peak wind speeds around 14 % higher by 2100.
Amazingly, he found that the wind turbines could disrupt a hurricane enough to
reduce peak wind speeds by up to 92 mph and decrease storm surge by up to 79 percent.
• About the future: «Based on a range of models, it is likely that future tropical cyclones (typhoons and hurricanes) will become more intense, with
larger peak wind speeds and more heavy precipitation associated with ongoing increases of tropical SSTs.
The researchers then built a statistical model to project how
typhoon peak wind speeds are likely to change as the oceans continue to warm in the future.
This means
their peak wind speed rose at a torrid pace, by at least 29 mph in 24 hours, according to one definition (alternative definitions vary).
Although there is as yet no convincing evidence in the observed record of changes in tropical cyclone behaviour, a synthesis of the recent model results indicates that, for the future warmer climate, tropical cyclones will show increased
peak wind speed and increased mean and peak precipitation intensities.
«Just last September, another significant record fell when
the peak wind speed was clocked at 58 miles per hour (mph), or 50 knots — the strongest ever at the South Pole.»
Based on a range of models, it is likely that future tropical cyclones (typhoons and hurricanes) will become more intense, with larger
peak wind speeds and more heavy precipitation associated with ongoing increases of tropical SSTs.