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The causality is the other way round: air spirals upwards and BECAUSE of that there is low pressure on the ground. The question should be WHY does the air rises upwards and WHY does it spiral?

The spiralling comes from the coriolis effect. The rising comes from differences in mass density (lower density rises above higher density). That density difference may come from temperature differences.

High pressure areas have the contrary effect: air falls down and causes high pressure on the ground.

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