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IrelandLaura Tobin explains the wind reversal behind Britain's Arctic chill
Good Morning Britain's forecast links southward-moving Arctic air to a yellow cold-health alert in parts of England.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 123,318 views a day, 18 times a normal first day on this channel (6,659).
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Warming high above the North Pole might sound like an unlikely starting point for a cold forecast. But that is where Laura Tobin begins her explanation of the chilly days ahead, in a Good Morning Britain Short that has drawn more than 114,000 views before its first full day was over.
Tobin describes sudden stratospheric warming weakening and reversing the usual winds, then turns to a pressure map showing Arctic air moving south across the UK. Her forecast is for temperatures to tumble and the chill to persist over the next few days.
The practical focus is a yellow cold-health alert covering parts of the West Midlands and North West England. Tobin explains that cold weather poses greater risks to vulnerable people and adds pressure to the NHS. The programme describes it as the season's first such alert.
The Short is drawing views far faster than GMB's usual weather-length uploads. In the comments, viewers discuss whether cold weather needs an alert at all, while others question why the alert graphic covers England rather than the whole UK. Tobin's map identifies the specific English regions covered by the warning.
An official region of England covering the western part of the Midlands. Its cities include Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton.
More on Wikipedia ›An official English region that includes Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. Manchester and Liverpool are its largest settlements.
More on Wikipedia ›The National Health Service is the collective name for the UK's four separate publicly funded healthcare systems, serving England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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- Channel
- Good Morning Britain
- Subscribers
- 1,390,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,534,549
- Channel views, pace per day
- 765,753 (on a normal day: 505,224)
- Video published
- November 12, 2026
- Video views so far
- 114,492 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 123,318
The numbers
The forecast has drawn an unusually large audience for a GMB Short, with comments also arriving well above the channel's usual first-day total.
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Which ocean surrounds the North Pole?
The North Pole lies in the Arctic Ocean, on sea ice rather than a continent.