low pressure area?

Question

why is it that the country philippines always experience 'low pressure area?' i need it badly. thanks.

Answer 1

There is a pattern to the circulation of the atmsphere. In broad terms, there is a belt of low pressure around the equator where the air rises and moves towards the poles. This band of low pressure is called the equatorial trough or the monsoon trough or the inter-tropical convergence zone.

Between 30° and 40° there is a belt of high pressure called the sub-tropical ridge. Here the air is descending and there is little cloud. All the great non-polar deserts of the world lie under the ridge in both hemispheres. Polewards of the ridge is another belt of low pressure. It is here you find the low pressure systems and fronts that dominate the temperate latitudes. Finally over the poles is another high pressure area.

The Philippines are close to the equator and the main weather system in the area is the equatorial trough, an area of low pressure. It is the proximity of the trough that produces the many typhoons that batter the Philippines every year. Texas, on the other hand, is under the sub-tropical ridge so it experiences high pressure most of the time.

Answer 2

It is just the weather patterns , here in Texas it is high pressure most of the time.

Answer 3

It is just the weather patterns.