Here we are at the end if July and I am already thinking about the prospect of an epic winter. I am once again preparing for it already. I know its way too early to make any weather predictions. However we already have the lowest number of sunspots since 2009 @ 54 to date for 2017. I remember Phil posting something about a year and a half ago that pretty much summed up winter 2017-2018 to be something borderline epic for the PNW. Major blocking in the Aleutians.....hopefully leading to the rare combo of cold air and moisture for an extended period. What do you think?