This winter is looking like being extremely cold and in some areas extremely snowy.
Eastern, Northern and some southern parts of Japan will be much colder than usual and much more snowy in some of these areas.
Western Japan average to colder than average and average to above average snow.
Depending on what happens with the sun over the next couple of months,winter may well be late starting if not very late in some areas, but once it starts expect very severe weather for prolonged periods.
At the moment the sun although at solar max is almost dead, virtually no sunspots. But there is a possibility of a double peak over this coming winter, if that happens then winter could well be very late starting or even warmer than expected.
If the pattern we have at the moment continues, with a sleeping sun, the PDO going negative, the jet stream as it is then we can expect a very cold winter indeed.
The Arctic sea ice this year has extended by 60% over the same period last year and covers a much larger area than it has done for some time. (This is reported by NASA from a satellite image that they took this year and last year).
Some of the passages that ships normally use in summer have been impassable this year as the ice hasn't melted during summer.
Europe is also heading for its sixth very cold winter in a row, with this winter possibly being one the coldest in a hundred years or more.
America and especially the NW is also looking like getting record cold this year!
Looking at how are summer has been and looking around my local area at all the signs nature is putting out I do expect this winter to be a record breaker for cold and snow!
Eastern, Northern and some southern parts of Japan will be much colder than usual and much more snowy in some of these areas.
Western Japan average to colder than average and average to above average snow.
Depending on what happens with the sun over the next couple of months,winter may well be late starting if not very late in some areas, but once it starts expect very severe weather for prolonged periods.
At the moment the sun although at solar max is almost dead, virtually no sunspots. But there is a possibility of a double peak over this coming winter, if that happens then winter could well be very late starting or even warmer than expected.
If the pattern we have at the moment continues, with a sleeping sun, the PDO going negative, the jet stream as it is then we can expect a very cold winter indeed.
The Arctic sea ice this year has extended by 60% over the same period last year and covers a much larger area than it has done for some time. (This is reported by NASA from a satellite image that they took this year and last year).
Some of the passages that ships normally use in summer have been impassable this year as the ice hasn't melted during summer.
Europe is also heading for its sixth very cold winter in a row, with this winter possibly being one the coldest in a hundred years or more.
America and especially the NW is also looking like getting record cold this year!
Looking at how are summer has been and looking around my local area at all the signs nature is putting out I do expect this winter to be a record breaker for cold and snow!