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General Category => Huh? => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on October 01, 2019, 1402 UTC

Title: Ready for a solar minimum winter?
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on October 01, 2019, 1402 UTC
The theory is that lower SSN winters tend to have more blocking weather patterns, which keeps the cold air in place when moisture arrives, so you tend to get more snow and less cold rain.

It's not saying there's a link between solar activity and temperature (although of course there may well be one), and note this is specific to the northeastern USA, not USA overall or world wide. Nor is it a guarantee of increased snowfall for a particular winter, just an increase in the chances.

A scatter plot of annual snowfall for Hanover PA, which is the nearest weather reporting station to where I live, vs SSN:

(https://i.imgur.com/WKFTyHR.png)
Title: Re: Ready for a solar minimum winter?
Post by: Josh on October 01, 2019, 1941 UTC
Think I've read where the record has shown that solar minimums bring colder winters. Now we just need a good eruption or two for another year without summer.
Title: Re: Ready for a solar minimum winter?
Post by: JimIO on October 02, 2019, 0215 UTC
Maybe the coming Civil War 2.0 will go nukyaler.    8)

   https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nukyaler
Title: Re: Ready for a solar minimum winter?
Post by: Josh on October 02, 2019, 1836 UTC
Dunno, mebbe nucular winter won't be a thing as more and more countries desire the benefits of neutron weapons, with their greatly reduced fallout yet greatly increased immediate incapacitation and death.