what does he mean, the “mathematical limit of what our atmosphere can produce”?

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https://x.com/nbergwx/status/1843444771135861007?s=46&t=9FPxCfjU5uuRXH3QXtrs8w

From this tweet. Additional, how would we know, and how would this be a stationary target given global warming or general changes?

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Not ELI5 but if anybody is curious about the actual theoretical foundation for this limit, it’s described quite well in the original paper by Holland and Emanuel [https://emanuel.mit.edu/limits-hurricane-intensity/](https://emanuel.mit.edu/limits-hurricane-intensity/)

Related are the actual numeric calculations for this limit around the world. [http://wxmaps.org/pix/hurpot](http://wxmaps.org/pix/hurpot)

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