A Cold Winter Forecast

COTTonLINE believes the sun truly dominates our world's climate. Vencore Weather reports the cyclical arrival of an exceptionally quiet sun, one with few or no sunspots. This presages cold winters for the next few years.

The increasingly frequent blank sun is a sign that the next solar minimum is approaching and there will be an even greater number of spotless days over the next few years. At first, the blankness will stretch for just a few days at a time, then it’ll continue for weeks at a time, and finally it should last for months at a time when the sunspot cycle reaches its nadir.

The weak solar cycle and the expectation for continued low solar activity this upcoming winter is an important factor in this year’s colder-than-normal Winter Outlook for the Mid-Atlantic region.

We must wait until the solar minimum is past to learn if global warming is truly happening. Hat tip to Drudge Report for the link.