I cannot understand for the life of me the idea of low pressure vs high pressure in the atmosphere. Example: hurricane Milton has one of the lowest pressures ever recorded. Tried watching videos, reading, etc. Seems counterintuitive that low pressure = bad weather and high pressure = good weather?
In: Physics
The hurricane acts like an air pump, pushing air, creating high pressure where the air is going and leaving low pressure behind. As the hurricane loses energy and the storm dissipates, the pumping action dies and the pressure imbalance does away.
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