An omega block is one of those quirky weather patterns where a big ol’ high-pressure system gets sandwiched between two low-pressure systems with one on each side.
So you decide to finally put the shovels away, deflate the snow tubes and start taking out the patio furniture. Then, before you can say 'mud season', another snow event shows up in the extended forecast
Not only has the Northern New England region gotten a decent amount of snow this winter, but it seems that each time it snows, we get some frigid temps afterwards
Imagine this, you're coming home from a long day at work and when you pull into your driveway you immediately think that someone may have broken into your house
It was a nice break, wasn't it? Of course I'm talking about the break in the back to back winter storms that were slamming the northeast region over the last few weeks.
Fortunately, New England isn't home to much crazy-dangerous weather. What I mean by that is we're not usually in the path of category 4 hurricanes or in the middle of 'tornado alley'.
We often like to joke about how cold the weather in Maine gets in the wintertime. And, to be quite honest with you, we have to joke about it or we will probably all just cry.
Well, if you're one of the thousands of Mainers that has been waiting for 'the big one' to come along and bury the state in cold, fresh snow, well here it is.
The next big storm system expected to move into the northern New England region this Thursday looks to impact Maine and New Hampshire residents pretty much all day.