The i Paper, on Climate, 13 November 2026
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Read the original article on inews.co.uk (opens in a new tab)The i Paper reports the UK's first cold snap of the season, with an overnight low of -6.6°C at Sennybridge, and explains the polar vortex disruption and the developing El Niño that could shape the rest of the winter. It attributes its causal explanations to the Met Office and to climate scientists and keeps the uncertainty of long range forecasts in view. We found nothing in its reporting of the cold snap that misleads the reader.
“While it is impossible to reliably forecast the weather for the coming winter”
The article states plainly that seasonal forecasts are uncertain before it discusses the risk of extreme cold, so the reader does not take a possibility as a prediction.
“According to the Met Office, the current cold weather has been caused by developments in the troposphere”
It attributes the cause of the cold snap to a named source and gives the physical mechanism, high pressure changing the wind direction, rather than leaving the cold unexplained.
“there are various and sometimes conflicting ways an El Niño can influence the UK’s weather, meaning the outcomes are difficult to predict”
The article does not overstate the El Niño link. It tells the reader that a wetter and milder winter is also possible, which matches its own earlier reporting on the multiple pathways involved.
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