It is a certainty that the current propensity for northern blocking has an end, and that at some point the Atlantic will power up and the default pressure pattern will re-assert itself, with the associated switch to a westerly type with copious rainfall on our western up-slopes, cloudy nights and temperatures on the mild side.
The only question is - when will that switch occur?
I think we could see a continuation of a blocked weather pattern in November, though how much cloud covers us at night, how much cold or mild air gets advected over us due to the positioning of the blocking highs, is unknowable and means we all have to wait and see how things develop. My current thinking is that The Atlantic will power up as we enter meteorological winter, and I will be issuing a LRF around December 1st, as I reserve the right to make a final prediction having seen what November, and the upstream signals, have to offer at that crucial time.
IMBY, there has been now laying snow since April 2013, and almost not a flake since then, making the current run of snowless years a stark and unpleasant reminder of the warming of our winter climate, whatever you believe the cause to be.
Dover, 5m asl. Half a mile from the south coast.