Show Cold Spell Due Until 1962 I Chilly Chilli Sun Sin Spots Scientist Avers By Rob Bob Mount Re Dc brave for despite the hot breath cooked ed up by the weatherman weather welther- man lately its it's getting gettin colder all the time And nd according accor to one of oC the top meteorological scientists II 11 C W Willett professor of meteorology meteorology meteor meteor- Massachusetts l Institute of Technology its it's going to keep right on getting colder until 1962 Mr 11 W Willett blames it all on I sunspots according to a recent article in the Journal of Meteor Meteor- olo y published by the American Meteorological l Society Top Flight ht Scientist Local experts say lIes Hes a topflight topflight top top- flight scientist and at al least one member of the U. U S. S Weather Bureaus Bureau's staff at the airport agrees with Mr 11 W Willett that there there I may be more to the pesky sunspots sunspots sun sun- spots than meets the eye I He lie is A. A B. B Carpenter supervising supervising supervising super super- forecaster Mr l Carpenter has spent a great deal of his spare time lime in research concerning concerning concern concern- ing the fogs of the Northwest which every November ember settle inand in inand I and hamper shipping and aviation aviation avia la tion in the area I Mr 11 Carpenter has found there is a beautiful correlation between these sunspots and the foggy weather He also points out that thal although althou h research has been going goin on for many years the studies are still in their infancy from a scientific I point of view and there is too little information available presently presently presently pres pres- to go too loo far with spotty analyses At present they still cant can't measure the heat hell of the sun atthe at atthe atthe the earths earth's surface accurately enough for data dala to lo be of too much importance When this can be he done there may be more definite definite nite nit correlations between the I spots and local weather and many hypotheses might become theory according to 11 1 Mr Carpenter Car Car- penter Started in 1750 But Bul back to Mr l Willetts Willett's study In Tn his A M l S article Mr Willett begins in 1750 and shows the correlation correlation correlation cor cor- relation between sunspots and earths earth's temperatures And they work in cycles Lots Lois of spots mean warm weather while lower numbers mean moan colder weather In the latest lat tat est cst cycle the number hit its pea peak is due to drop in 1947 and to a chilly 50 by 1962 And you'd better those handle bar wool wool- hang on to ies cs because Mr 1 Willett anys it until warm again agnin wont won't be getting the next neat century century 38 38 years oCcold of oC I cold How sure can cnn you be of Mr l Willetts Willett's s 's forecast He says with of sunspots to only years With study hes he's only half sure another years of data hed he'd hedi i be sure |