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Please don't jinx things! (Besides, with global warming there won't be any more snow in Philly. Although I got my snow thrower ready, cause I'm a pessimistic skeptic when it comes to almost everything.)
Don't be so sure about decreasing snowfall, we may be heading into another Maunder Minimum soon. A team of scientists have discovered that there are two, not one as previously thought, magnetic fields moving round the Sun and that when they are in opposite hemispheres and are peaking at the same time they null each other out. This is predicted to start happening in Solar Cycle 25 and peak in Solar Cycle 26 (2030-2040). I think this is goin to be pretty neat to live thru, but I like cold weather. http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2680-irregular-heartbeat-of-the-sun-driven-by-double-dynamo
Sorry about cluttering up the thread, but this is almost as cool as Stefan moving close enough to attend the ECG this year.