Talk:Hypercane

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Fixed: 130 m/s is approximately 500 kilometers/hour, not 500 miles/hour. Winds could conceivably get as fast as the latter, but the lower boundary (where the analytical hurricane solution falls apart and a numerical hypercane one starts to be needed, at least on paper) is the former. 142.104.60.203 02:50, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

120 degrees Fahrenheit makes little sense, given that the average swimming pool is heated to 80 degrees. Forty degrees higher than an indoor swimming pool hardly appears to account for a dramatic increase in available energy for a hurricane -- especially when talking about accelerating winds from 200 (or less) miles per hour to 500+. Will someone find a way to verify temperature scale?

Well, they said that the equation 'blew up' as the winds accelerated enough to outpace friction, so it can be thought of like passing a threshold. If the water temperature is lower than some temperature (that the scientists didn't tell us), then friction will hold the winds down. If the temperature is above that, then the winds will run out of control and approach 500 mph. And it's not 120 degrees Celsius because that's above the boiling point.

This article is essentially trash. It looks like it was written by a 8-year old and has no meteorological backing.

Hurricane Florence (1988)

http://www.icr.org/pdf/research/HYPERCANES.pdf

I ran into an interesting article while researching Hurricane Florence. The author used Hurricane Florence as a prototype for a hypercane, and theorized what would've happened if Florence moved through an area of water of 45º Celsius. Feel free to add it to the article. Hurricanehink (talk) 00:21, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

unbelievable

There are many possible factual errors in this theory. First of all, the heat from a supervolcanic eruption or asteroid impact would last only a few days, and as soon as the "hypercane" moves away, it would rapidly weaken. Also, at the current projected rate of global warming at its peak, some areas of the ocean would barely reach 50°C for more than a few hours, near the coastlines. This is not enough to sustain a hypercane. Please clarify these. Thanks. A stroHur ricane 00 1^{(Talk+Contribs+Ubx)} 13:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure about the first two, but I did say extensive global warming. However, I believe you, as a part of the tropical cyclones WikiProject, are more qualified to clarify this article and review its validity. Bl a st 10,03,07 0157 (UTC)