Thanks for the tremendous analysis, GW. Makes for fascinating reading. Will be intriguing to see how the next 4 to 6 weeks pan out.
Yes, brilliant work by GW, now let's see if pattern matching back to 1878 actually bears out.
If it does, then the weather soothsayer Corbyn might actually be onto something - even the Express and PCorbyn can get it right sometimes, just like a stuck clock.
One thing which is not in doubt, is that the sun has entered an early minimum (when I say "early" this onset is at least a year sooner than in all sunspot cycles of the last 100 years).