Talk:Block (meteorology)

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The reference to 'Rex blocks' as consisting 'of a high situated to the north of a low' needs to be debated a little. According to the US National Weather Services site it is indeed: Rex Block - A blocking pattern where there is an upper level high located directly north of a closed low. However all blocking patterns occur when the high is poleward of the low and hence to the south in the southern hemisphere. If a 'Rex block' is specific to the USA as I have not heard of it before [I live and work in the field within Australia], then I believe that its definition should be referred to as being specifically a USA phenomenon, because no blocking pattern in the southern hemisphere arises with the high to the north of the low.

The current content makes no specific mention of this being the case and should be altered accordingly.

Nsdave (talk) 03:27, 12 March 2008 (UTC)