On Dec 21, 10:16*am, Richard Dixon wrote:
Graham P Davis wrote :

I've been wondering whether a repeat performance is occurring. If so,
this could mean another cold winter or two for us, followed by a spell
of mild winters. Another effect would be an increase in East Greenland
ice for a few years, but this could also help towards more record lows
in the Arctic summer by reducing old ice amounts there.

I am hoping that the recent 2-3 "surprise" winters has already prompted
research into the causes.

Richard

It's worth seeking out three different papers by Overland & Wang
(Tellus), Petouckhov and Semenov (Journal of Geophysical Research),
and Honda, Inoue and Yamane (Geophysical Research Letters), all of
which investigate the possible link between low Arctic sea-ice minima
in late summer and autumn (particularly the Barents/Kara Seas) and
anomalously cold Eurasian winters through influence on mid-latitude
circulation.

Stephen.