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)
Scientist: You’ve reached the mathematical limit, you can’t get any faster winds.
Mother Nature: hold my beer, watch this…..
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