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Earliest Stratospheric Warming on Record Raises Dry-Winter Worry
A sudden stratospheric warming has arrived earlier than any in records back to the 1940s. A Reading meteorologist says drought, not snow, is the UK concern.
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Polar Vortex Weakens as Model Shows -3C Daytime Freeze for Scotland
The Met Office says the polar vortex is weakening. The ECMWF model shows midday temperatures of -3C in Scotland and -4C in northern England on Friday.
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Stratospheric Warming Weakens Polar Vortex, Raising UK Cold Odds
A warming high in the stratosphere is weakening the polar vortex, the Met Office says, raising the chance of UK cold later in November. What it can and cannot tell us.