On 24/05/10 15:47, Dawlish wrote:
The El Nino has been fairly short-lived and has been moderate. See how
long the heat lasts now. With such an extended solar minimum (longest
for over a century), if solar really is a driver of our present
climate, we should see a rapid decrease in temperatures. The PDO
cycle, being negative, should reinforce that and we ought to see
global temperatures returning towards the 150-year mean........if no
other factor is involved.

PDO has been positive this year but I suppose it might go negative as La
Nina gets going.


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