low-pressure systems
Storm-bringing atmospheric zones
Low-pressure systems are weather patterns where atmospheric pressure is lower than surrounding areas, typically bringing clouds, precipitation, and unsettled conditions.
Air rises and spirals inward, creating the storms and rain associated with "lows" on weather maps.
Meteorologists track these systems to forecast weather changes: A low-pressure system is moving in from the coast.
- cyclogenesisLow-pressure system formation
- tropical depressionNascent warm-ocean storm
- climatologyScientific study of atmospheric patterns
- meteorologyStudy of atmospheric phenomena
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
coastal flooding · divergence · weather forecasting · jet stream · wind patterns · typhoon · tornado · weather modeling · thunderstorm · advection · disaster preparedness · isobars · weather map · rainstorm · thermodynamics · evacuation planning · air mass · snowstorm
low-pressure systemshigh-pressure systems
Atmospheric regions of dense, sinking air
anticyclones · highs · ridges
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