I was thinking that since football season is right around the corner, I could try to write my blog using X's and O's to emphasize blocking! Maybe not.... Meteorologically speaking, we're dealing with a nasty ridge of high pressure with very little change through the upcoming week. Sacked and dropped for a loss!

Take a look at the picture above. We're seeing a trough in the West, and a trough in the East, and this is what we call a classic blocking pattern. Sandwiched between the two is a monster ridge that's dominating the central U.S. The two lows aren't going to move, and the ridge looks to sit tight.

You need a lot of west coast jetstream energy to bust this type of pattern; however, during this time of the year, the jetstream is rather weak, so don't expect drastic changes over the next 7 to 10 days.