Dark blue cloudy sky

What is Low Pressure System?

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Also known as a cyclone. It is the opposite of high pressure (anticyclone).

Schedule a Demo Today

A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!

Contact Us

Glossary

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...