Hurricane Melissa was about 40 mph stronger because of a warmer Caribbean!?That’s what a new study in pre-print claims (peer-review not completed yet).At the time, Caribbean temperatures were around 1.5°C above average and the study says, without the extra ocean heat, Melissa may have been a Cat 4 instead of a Cat 5. In the study, it’s argued that subsurface ocean water is a better gauge than surface water for intensity. The authors estimate ~30mph more peak wind per 1°C of ocean warming. But an