On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 9:21:31 PM UTC, JCW wrote:
Had a quick read of this, understood very little of it, but of course caught the last few lines which read:

"The first of these oscillations may even turn out to be as strongly negative as around 1810, in which case a short Grand Minimum similar to the Dalton one might develop. This moderate-to-low-activity episode is expected to last for at least one Gleissberg cycle (60-100 years)."

The remaining extract he

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...64682608003787

This should give rise to further discussion / analysis by those with interest and knowledge of cycles and their possible or potential impact on weather?

A Dalton minimum-type possibility, eh?

Theres a video on this webpage and about 1 min 20 secs. in it suggest that the cold pool in the North Atlantic may be a sign that the THC may be about to switch!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...tic-right-now/