Your current weather may be around awhile. The large-scale weather pattern that's now influencing much of the USA's weather – known as an omega block because of its resemblance to the Greek letter ...
An “omega block” weather pattern is forecast to set up across the country this weekend, possibly bringing some May snow. Here's what it will mean for you. The Weather Channel is forecasting a ...
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Omega blocks are aptly named for their distinct shape resembling the Greek letter, omega ( Ω ). An omega block occurs when an area of high pressure becomes positioned between two ...
An “omega block” occurs when the jet stream undergoes extreme buckling and becomes wavy, instead of flowing west to east across the country. Such a weather pattern interferes with the normal ...
For Northeast Ohio, the Omega pattern means we’ll be “stuck” with gorgeous weather that includes sun-filled days and warmer temperatures. For Monday, high pressure anchored over New England, paired ...
A common upper-air pattern seems to be coming a few weeks early. It could be the sign this particular weather pattern will be worked off by the end of May. Right now we have what we meteorologists ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WGHP) – It’s officially May, but it doesn’t ...
A stubborn mid-October heat wave across Texas has been fueled by a weather pattern that has trapped warm air from the Gulf Coast far northward into Canada in a setup more typical of midsummer than ...
Plenty of weather patterns have strange but fitting names. Brutal nor’easters can rapidly strengthen as bomb cyclones. Ferocious squalls lines can grow into derechos. Storms aren't the only features ...
A strange atmospheric pattern known as an "omega block" is preventing the usual eastward progression of weather across the U.S. — but what is this weird block, and when will it go away? When you ...
This pattern disrupts typical west-to-east jet stream flow, causing stagnant weather conditions, including cool, showery weather in the East and West, and mild, clear conditions in the north-central U ...