Low-pressure area
Area with air pressures lower than adjacent areas
Low-pressure area
In meteorology, a low-pressure area (LPA), low area, or low is a region where the atmospheric pressure is lower than that of surrounding locations. It is the opposite of a high-pressure area. Low-pressure areas are commonly associated with inclement weather (such as cloudy, windy, with possible rain or storms), while high-pressure areas are associated with lighter winds and clear skies. Winds circle anti-clockwise around lows in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the southern hemisphere, by dint of opposing Coriolis forces. Large low-pressure, rotating air masses whose winds spiral inward are termed cyclones. Low-pressure systems form under areas of wind divergence that occur in the upper levels of the atmosphere (aloft). The formation process of a low-pressure area is known as cyclogenesis. In meteorology, atmospheric divergence aloft occurs in two kinds of places: The first is in the area on the east side of upper troughs, which form half of a Rossby wave within the Westerlies...
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