Omega block
- Gloss
- a weather pattern, resembling the uppercase Greek letter omega, where an area of warmer high pressure is trapped between two areas of cooler low pressure, causing the same weather conditions to last for a long period
- Usage
- Omega blocks usually last between three and ten days, but can go on for longer. With the current omega block, a “surge of hot, dry air from North Africa has become trapped in the atmosphere over parts of Europe,” said Time … In Paris this week, temperatures hit a June record of 105.62 F.
- Reference
- dictionaryblog.cambridge.org
Sanskrit equivalent
दीर्घस्थायीऋतुप्रतिरूपम्
- Synonyms
- ओमेगाकारऋतुप्रतिरूपम्
- Context
- Weather More in Science & Nature →