Summer is synonymous with high pressure and heat domes, but do you know the three common types of blocking patterns that produce these heat waves in the Ozarks? Blocking patterns disrupt the normal ...

New research from Purdue University reveals how moisture influences atmospheric blocking, a phenomenon that often drives heat waves, droughts, cold outbreaks and floods, helping solve a mystery in ...

Atmospheric blocking often results in significant weather extremes and associated impacts such as heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, cold spells, and floods in mid-latitude regions. However, the physical ...

A diverse range of stagnant flow patterns can be categorized as atmospheric blocking, and these flow patterns have distinct patterns of diabatic heating due to latent heat release. Climate model ...