SOLAR MINIMUM (Global Cooling Alert)

NASA via spaceweather.com ^ | 12/2/2009 | Staff

[PreciousLiberty]

The sun is in the pits of a very deep solar minimum. Many researchers thought the sunspot cycle had hit bottom in 2008 when the sun was blank 73% of the time. Not so. 2009 is on the verge of going even lower. So far this year, the sun has been blank 75% of the time, and only a serious outbreak of sunspots over the next few weeks will prevent 2009 from becoming the quietest year in a century.

[grey_whiskers]

I agree, but nonetheless, after the 6th coldest October on record, Minneapolis had the 2nd *warmest* autumn.

At least the local TV stations are correctly attributing it to El Niño instead of AGW.

I wish the cold weather from sunspots would kick in during the winter, already.

Cheers!

[Marie]

Those numbers are the revised numbers. A year and a half ago, they predicted that we’d be in a roaring SS last year.

[Night Hides Not]

It seems likely we'll see unusual cold events this winter, probably worse than last year. I'd suggest that "the year without a summer" in the Northeast wasn't a coincidence either.

Apt forecast for the Woods household.

Sorry...couldn't resist.

[PreciousLiberty]

“Those numbers are the revised numbers. A year and a half ago, they predicted that we’d be in a roaring SS last year.”

Oh, I know it! Pretty soon they’ll issue another “revised” forecast, lol!

Reminds me of the last couple of hurricane seasons as well... :-)