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Palmer, J. (2026, October 5). Met Office issues November weather forecast as London braces for 'Godzilla' El Niño and polar vortex impact. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/polar-vortex-el-nino-weather-met-office-november-b1299526.html
Palmer, Joe. “Met Office issues November weather forecast as London braces for 'Godzilla' El Niño and polar vortex impact.” Evening Standard, 5 Oct. 2026, https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/polar-vortex-el-nino-weather-met-office-november-b1299526.html.
Palmer, Joe. “Met Office issues November weather forecast as London braces for 'Godzilla' El Niño and polar vortex impact.” Evening Standard, October 5, 2026. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/polar-vortex-el-nino-weather-met-office-november-b1299526.html.
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The Met Office recently issued a November weather forecast predicting above average temperatures and changeable weather patterns for late October and early November. This follows one of the warmest Septembers since records began in 1884. Experts attribute this unusually warm period to an exceptionally strong "Godzilla" El Niño, which is expected to bring wetter and stormier conditions.
Grahame Madge, a Met Office climate spokesman, explained that there are established links between El Niño and UK weather during autumn and winter, often resulting in stormy autumns and colder winters. Previous strong El Niños, such as those in 2015 and 2016, led to severe storms and some of the worst flooding on record.
According to a research paper from the US government's NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, El Niño can cause the polar vortex, which typically traps cold air near the Arctic, to break down. This disruption allows cold air to spill southward into North America and Europe, potentially leading to extreme weather conditions in these regions.
