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
To form and thrive, storms need warm, moist air that they suck in from their surrounding environment. This warm, humid air rises from the surface, cooling and condensing into water droplets which in turn become clouds. The rising warm air actually creates a partial vacuum with sucks colder, drier air from higher in the atmosphere towards the ground. This actually helps to push the rain towards the surface. With the more air being sucked in from all around the storms, the air moving away from the storm actually gets pulled back towards the storm creating calm ahead of it.
[source](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wave3.com/2019/06/07/behind-forecast-true-calm-before-storm/%3FoutputType%3Damp)
It doesn’t always happen but it is absolutely a real thing.
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