Chuck,
Regarding your question of October 19th @ 1:08 p.m.
‘’If Wilomena’s speed is 213 stt.m.p.h., then is it a Force 19 hurricane?’’
Chuck, I don’t know if you have got the right speed or the right name, but it’s irrelevant.
Any sustained wind speed of over 72 stt.m.p.h. is going to destroy & kill if it ever gets a chance to hit anything.
Until the 1950s, a wind speed over 72 stt.m.p.h. was called a:
Force 12 (hurricane)
During the 1950s’ the Force 12 was divided into a number of forces:
Force 12 (F12 hurricane)
Force 13 (F13 hurricane)
Force 14 (F14 hurricane)
Force 15 (F15 hurricane)
Force 16 (F16 hurricane)
Resulting in the following scale:
Force 0 (calm)
Force 1 (light air)
Force 2 (light breeze)
Force 3 (gentle breeze)
Force 4 (moderate breeze)
Force 5 (fresh breeze)
Force 6 (strong breeze)
Force 7 (near gale)
Force 8 (gale)
Force 9 (strong gale)
Force 10 (storm)
Force 11 (violent storm)
Force 12 (F12 hurricane)
Force 13 (F13 hurricane)
Force 14 (F14 hurricane)
Force 15 (F15 hurricane)
Force 16 (F16 hurricane)
During the 1970s a further alteration was made to the above:
Category 1 Hurricane = Force 12 (F12 hurricane)
Category 2 Hurricane = Force 13 (F13 hurricane)
Category 3 Hurricane = Force 14 (F14 hurricane)
Category 4 Hurricane = Force 15 (F15 hurricane)
Category 5 Hurricane = Force 16 (F16 hurricane)
A Force 12 is a Force 12, because a hurricane is a hurricane.
Calling a hurricane a Force 13, or Force 19, or Category 2, or Category 8, is completely meaningless, because it is still a hurricane.
Force 12 (hurricane), or Category 1 Hurricane, destroys & kills.
Force 63 (hurricane), or Category 52 Hurricane, destroys & kills.
If you’re dead, you’re dead.
Info @
http://www.weights-and-measures.com
And topics:
Common Wind Force Scale
Common Wind Speed Scale
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