Question

Weather in low-pressure areas tends to be cloudy and wet because ________ winds at the surface and _______ winds aloft produce ________ vertical motions.

Answer 1

Weather in low-pressure areas tend to be cloudy and wet because convering winds at the surface and divering winds aloft produce upward vertical motions. At the surface, the wind turns slightly inward towards the lowest pressure. This causes air to converge, or come together, at the center of the low near the ground.  Since the converging air has nowhere else to go, it rises.