This question has been asked, but people say it doesn’t and “the calm before the storm” is just a figure of speech.
I live in a little town thats known by locals for its never-ending gusty winds. Winds that *will* tear up anything not solid and/or bolted to the ground. Usually in the summer, right before we are to get a thunderstorm, the wind stops. Its almost creepy outside for the lack of any wind whatsoever. Then, few hours will pass and we get hit with gusts so strong that they will knock you off balance, which brings in the storm.
What causes this stillness in the air?
In: Earth Science
Suppose a strong storm is sucking in air at 20 mph at ground level. Now suppose it is also moving towards you at 20 mph. The two motions cancel each other out so the air in front of the storm is mostly calm, but it is an unsettled calm where the breeze shifts lightly and eerily back and forth as the storm approaches and can blow randomly from all different directions when the air isn’t still. It feels strange and isn’t the same as a regular calm day with no wind. That is the “calm before the storm.”
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