SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Much like Monday, some dry conditions stepping out the door, setting up for another beautiful day across our area, and we’re going to stay feeling like summer through most of the upcoming week thanks to something that we call an omega block.
This is thanks to the shape that the upper air patterns are going to be making, similar to the Greek letter Omega.
For our area, this block will give us a high-pressure overhead, sinking air into Michiana, and for longer than a normal high-pressure system would be over our area, thanks to the block it throws into the jet stream.
Of course it is expected to move, and we will likely see some rain chances getting into the second week of June. Until then, expect some of these pleasant dry conditions.
But will we be seeing an impact on the drought levels in Michiana?
Right now, we are not in a drought, unlike a good amount of the Midwest. The Great Lakes region was set up very well through the spring months to see very wet conditions.
Overall, through the season of meteorological spring, South Bend ended up around 4 inches over the normal amount of rain we usually see from March to the end of May.
While we aren’t seeing super high river levels, lakes might be a little lower than normal, overall. Michiana is not expected to drop into drought conditions in the coming weeks
If we stay dry through most of June, we will likely start getting closer to drought conditions, but the pattern is expected to break mid-June.