What is Low pressure?

Low pressure is when the air above us feels lighter and wants to move up.

Imagine you're blowing on a balloon, that’s like what happens in low pressure: the air gets pushed upward, making room for more air to come in from around it.

Think of the sky as a big balloon. When there's low pressure, it's like someone started blowing into the balloon from below. The balloon (the air around us) swells up, that’s why we might feel clouds forming or even rain coming.

Sometimes, the air gets warmer or cooler, and that makes it lighter or heavier. Warmer air is like a hot-air balloon, it rises easily because it's lighter than the colder air around it. That’s why on a warm day, you might feel the sky getting more active with clouds.

Low pressure isn’t magic, it’s just air moving in a fun new way!