>- An 'interesting' global temperature prediction through
>2030 using 'models' whose rationale is explained. The
>temperatures should start to largely slide from about now
>(how's YOUR winter going?)(our summer has been GREAT) and
>continue to do so until (hopefully) bottoming out at about
>2030. IF this does happen the fall may be akin to "The
>little ice age" and far more substantial than the 1970's
>"cooling scare". Watch the sunspot cycle ... (but don't look
>at the sun without adequate filters :-)).
>Graph - no text :-)
>
>         http://icecap.us/images/uploads/ARCHIBALD_TEMPS.jpg
>

One of my interests is ham radio. We're very interested in solar 
activity, of course, since it drives HF radio propagation. According 
to the original forecasts Solar Cycle 24 should have already begun, 
and it was supposed to be a very active cycle. As I am typing this, 
the sunspot number is zero. The latest forecasts are for a much less 
active cycle, so it will be interesting to see what actually happens. 
The inverse correlation between solar cycle length and activity is 
fairly well established.

If this does translate into lowering temperatures, I'm curious how 
the global warming industry will spin it.

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Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
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