The "heat dome" hovering over the eastern half of the U.S. now has a thunderstorm "ring of fire" erupting along its edge. Meanwhile, in the Atlantic, the first tropical storm of the season has been ...

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“It’s kind of a stagnation of a pattern. And for here in the Ohio Valley, we’ve actually already experienced the results for the omega block with the you know, people probably noticed the ...

An “omega block” weather pattern, so named for its resemblance to the Greek letter Ω, is influencing the unsettled conditions in the Lone Star State and the rest of the country.

An omega block pattern occurs when two low pressure systems, usually cut off from the jet stream, hold in place on opposite sides of the country, resulting in a shape like the Greek letter omega.

If we have the May Omega Block worked out of the weather pattern, we should be almost summer-like by the end of May. I can’t predict the exact weather on each day of Memorial Day weekend, ...

The sweeping pattern that's now influencing much of the USA's weather is called an omega block because of its resemblance to the Greek letter.

An omega block pattern will bring threats of flooding rain to the Plains and Northeast, and some weird temperature maps across the country during the first full week of May.

An unusual weather pattern known as an Omega Block pattern is setting the stage for daily storm chances across Texas this week. Texas finds itself at the center of this weather pattern.

What the Omega Block means for our weather pattern These areas of low pressure are your storm systems. Because this pattern is so amplified from north to south, it's more difficult to shift eastward.

The omega block pattern will continue to lead to areas of both well below normal and well above normal temperatures this week, the Weather Prediction Center said.