Dawson1701

Okay, firstly, there is a phenomenon arriving in the UK and Northern Europe soon called Maunder Minimum but it's unknown when this will arrive, hence James Madden's mistakes in his predictions. The last time we had a cold winter which was Winter 10/11 was caused by a warmer Arctic and increased melting which caused a high pressure system to drag cold air down from the Arctic across Russia and Scandinavia which therefore caused the High pressure to sit over Norway as a blocking high. So as I have just mentioned, these cold winters are usually caused by the Ice pack in the Arctic. We have just witnessed recently that the Arctic has had its lowest surface area of ice in the summer ever, this suggests that maybe the winter for this year will be colder than usual. Also, relating back to Maunder Minimum, we are seeing a decrease in solar activity which is going to cause colder weather anyway, but, it's causing the sun to have 4 poles instead of two, which is similar to that of the period from 1640 to 1710, where the Thames river froze over! So, in some respects I believe James Madden has a good forecast this year, he's predicted the summer well indeed. But I have spoken to Hannah Bayman from Look North recently on the phone and she also says that there is a period recently where we have had unusual weather, and we don't quite understand what might happen this winter due to the solar cycle being later than usual.